Take a look at the FilterSet type:
<http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTypes/filterset.html>.
This will do exactly what you're looking for. Default begin and end
tokens are "@", but you might be able to use "${" and "}" for mapping.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:25 PM, coltsith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a file of string properties and I need to be able to insert ant
> properties into it where referenced. So, for example:
>
> #########
> text.file
> #########
> app.version=${version}
> app.name=${name}
> app.author=John Doe
>
> #########
> props.file
> #########
> version=4
> name=My Application
>
> I need a task or way to provide a property file and replace all occurrences
> with the corresponding property in a given text file. So a command like
> this:
>
> <replacePropertiesInFile file="text.file" propertyDefinitions="props.file"/>
>
> Is there anything like this?
>
> Thanks in advance!
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