Re: write property as part of task definition

[HamletDRC]

Hi Glenn, 

Thanks for the answer! 

I do indeed need to include the <compc> tag in echoxml because without it
there is no root tag and so the xml is malformed. 



glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
> 
> I would try the following approach:  (1) write the value to a file and (2)
> import the file back to the Ant script.
> Perhaps something like this.
> 
> <echoxml file="foo.xml">
>  <include>bar.as</include>
>  <include>baz.as</include>
> </echoxml>
> 
> ...
> <compc>
> <import file="foo.xml"/>
> </compc>
> 
> The <compc> </compc> might need to be included in the <echoxml>
> 
> --glenn
> 
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 15:56, HamletDRC <hamlet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to do this?
>>
>> I have a property that contains two XML elements as a String:
>>
>>    <property name="foo"
>> value="&lt;include&gt;bar.as&lt;/include&gt;&lt;include&gt;baz.as
>> &lt;/include&gt;"
>> />
>>
>> And I want it expanded into the execution of a task as if I wrote this:
>>
>>    <compc>
>>        <include>bar.as</include>
>>        <include>baz.as</include>
>>    </compc>
>>
>> I expected this to work:
>>    <compc>
>>        ${foo}
>>    </compc>
>>
>> But I get the error:
>> The <compc> type doesn't support nested text data ("${foo}").
>>
>> I'm assuming this isn't an error with "compc" but is instead in error in
>> how
>> I'm expanding ${foo}.
>>
>> Can I do this in Ant?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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