On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:56 AM, cowwoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems like such an obvious use-case but from what I read in this forum > there doesn't seem to be a way to do it... is there a way for me to pass > parameters to my custom task at taskdef (initialization time)? > > One obvious use-case is grabbing the classpath used in the taskdef during > the task execution time, but this could pretty much apply to any variable I > want to initialize *once* and reuse anytime the task is invoked. Is this > possible in Ant 1.7?
No. taskdef only loads the class for the task, and doesn't instantiate it. Plus every time you execute a task, you are typically running it using a new instance of the task class every time, so no state carries over from one invocation to the next, unless you explicitly using statics. If you need cross-invocation state, put it in a datatype that you pass by reference to all your task's invocations. --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
