Hello Karsten, it appears you have not gotten an answer and you may have already resolved the issue. But, for-whatever-it's-worth here is a custom xml configuration file that is processed during the build and jar targets. for the following XML elements found in my XML config file:
<password> @DBPASSWORD@ </password> <connectUrl> @JDBCURL@ </connectUrl> I used the following ant target task elements in my target named: compile.src: <copy toDir="${classes}/META-INF" failonerror="false"> <fileset dir="${resources}"> <include name="*.xml" /> </fileset> <filterset> <filter token="JDBCURL" value="${jdbcurl}" /> <filter token="DBPASSWORD" value="${dbpassword}" /> </filterset> </copy> The properties jdbcurl and dbpassword are defined in my build.properties file. The filterset replaces all instances of @JDBCURL@ and @DBPASSWORD@ with the actual string values. HTH, David. Karsten Kousgaard wrote .. > Hello > > I'm doing my first ANT project, but have faced a problem that I'm not able > to solve. I have a xml file, which I want to change using a dynamic > configuration > file of some kind. The configuration file could look like this: > <replace path="an xpath" value="the new value" /> > <replace path="an xpath" value="the new value" /> > .. > > That fits perfect together with the external task, xmltask. Now the problem > for me is, how do I parse and iterate the configuration file, to give the > correct values to xmltask? > > I also thought about using xslt, but I don't know how to do that either. > My xslt knowledge is not good enought for this problem. > Another challenge is that the configuration file could have properties > that I would like to resolve, e.g. <replace path="an xpath" > value="${myProperty}" > />. > But this is more a nice-to-have than a must-have. Any help about solving > this? Thank you very much > > ____________________________________________________________ > GET FREE 5GB ONLINE STORAGE - Safely store your documents, photos and music > online! > Visit http://www.inbox.com/storage to find out more! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]