I used antcallback from antcontrib in my Buildfile: <antcallback target="junittests" inheritall="false" return="dope.test.failed"> <param name="cvs.project" value="@{dope.modul}" /> <param name="dope.buildtime" value="${dope.buildtime}" /> </antcallback>
So I got back if one of my tests failed. antFetch is the same für calling external Buildfiles. Use http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36177 to get antcontrib. -- Jürgen Knuplesch www.icongmbh.de icon Systemhaus GmbH Tel. +49 711 806098-275 Sophienstraße 40 D-70178 Stuttgart Fax. +49 711 806098-299 Geschäftsführer: Uwe Seltmann HRB Stuttgart 17655 USt-IdNr.: DE 811944121 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Oktober 2007 10:27 An: Ant Users List Betreff: Re: Accessing Properties from Sub-Projects Christoph Krammer wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I use Ant together with a Test framework for Web applications (Canoo > WebTest). The main structure of the Ant files is the following: > > main build.xml: > > <project name="example" default="wt.deployToTest"> > > <property name="webtest.home" value="C:\eclipse\webtest-2.5"/> > <import file="${webtest.home}/webtest.xml" /> > > <property name="wt.testInWork" value="tests/jsfTest.xml"/> > > <target name="wt.deployToTest" depends="wt.full"> > <property file="tests/error.tmp" /> > <echo message="Test failure is: ${test.failure}" /> > </target> > </project> > > Excerpt from the webtest.xml: > > ... > <target name="wt.testInWork"> > <ant dir="${wt.testInWork.dir}" antfile="${wt.testInWork.file}" > > inheritRefs="true"/> > </target> > ... > > Excerpt from tests/jsfTest.xml: > > <project name="demo" default="test"> > > <target name="test"> > > <webtest name="Check if result contains name"> > ... > </webtest> > > <echo> > test.failure: ${test.failure} > </echo> > </target> > </project> > > > If the test fails, the ${test.failure} property is set within the > project in the jsfTest.xml file. But the problem is that I need the > value of this property in the main build.xml file, since I want to > decide further actions on basis of this value after all tests have been run. the ant-contrib extensions on sourceforge have a task to get results back > > I know one simple solution: To export the test.failure property to a > file and read it in the build.xml. But this solution has one major > drawback: The final test suite will consist of lots of webtest > projects in different xml files (one per developer). The problem is to > ensure that the test.failure value is exported in all files, in each > single test's xml. If any one developer omits the export, a failure of > his tests will not be taken into account for further decisions (like > deployment to a productive system). > Obviously, this is not perfect. No, it isnt 1. you should have a common build file that is pulled in to the main file with <import>; it can do the result output 2. you can create a test.failed file for every project (build/results/tests.${ant.project.name}.failed) if -and only if- the tests for that project failed. 3. then, the toplevel file uses <available> to look for any file matching that pattern, which implies that the test failed. -steve -- Steve Loughran http://www.1060.org/blogxter/publish/5 Author: Ant in Action http://antbook.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]