Have you tried wrapping a refid'd fileset in a <src> (path) element
nested in <javac>? That, according to the manual, should work (note
that you can nest any filesystem-based resource collection into a
path). This presumes you're using Ant 1.7+...
HTH,
Matt
On Mar 11, 2010, at 4:42 AM, Robert Menteer wrote:
That solves the minor problem of ; vs , but doesn't solve the real
problem. The real problem is in getting javac to recognize a
filelist/fileset/path. What I'm looking for is something to replace
the filelist that javac will accept.
On Mar 11, 2010, at 2:23 AM, jan.mate...@rzf.fin-nrw.de wrote:
- <filelist dir="." files="@{sourceref}" /> <-- email is
about this
+ <filelist dir="." refid="@{sourceref}" /> <-- email is
about this
Jan
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Von: Robert Menteer [mailto:reet...@me.com]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. März 2010 21:28
An: user@ant.apache.org
Betreff: Passing a list of files to javac
How can I get the javac task to use an existing fileset? In my
build.xml I have created several filesets to be used in
multiple places throughout build file. Here is how they have
been defined:
<fileset dir = "${src}"
id = "java.source.all">
<include name = "**/*.java" />
</fileset>
<fileset dir = "${src}"
id = "java.source.examples">
<include name = "**/Examples/**/*.java" />
</fileset>
<fileset dir = "${src}"
id = "java.source.tests">
<include name = "**/Tests/*.java" />
</fileset>
<fileset dir = "${src}"
id = "java.source.project">
<include name = "**/*.java" />
<exclude name = "**/Examples/**/*.java" />
<exclude name = "**/Tests/**/*.java" />
</fileset>
I have also used macrodef to compile the java files so the
javac task does not need to be repeated multiple times. The
macro looks like this:
<macrodef name="compile">
<attribute name="sourceref"/>
<sequential>
<javac srcdir = "${src}"
destdir = "${build}"
classpathref = "classpath"
includeantruntime = "no"
debug = "${debug}">
<filelist dir="." files="@{sourceref}" /> <-- email
is about this
</javac>
</sequential>
</macrodef>
What I'm trying to do is compile only the classes that are
needed for specific targets not all the targets in the source
tree. And do so without having to specify the files every
time. Here are how the targets are defined:
<target name = "compile-examples"
depends = "init">
<compile sourceref = "${toString:java.source.examples}" />
</target>
<target name = "compile-project"
depends = "init">
<compile sourceref = "${toString:java.source.project}" />
</target>
<target name = "compile-tests"
depends = "init">
<compile sourceref = "${toString:java.source.tests}" />
</target>
As you can see each target specifies the java files to be
compiled as a simi-colon separated list of absolute file
names. The only problem with this is that javac does not
support filelist. It also does not support fileset, path or
pathset. I've tried using <include name = "@{sourceref}" />
but it treats the list as a single file name. Another thing I
tried is sending the reference directly (not using toString)
and using <include ref = "@{sourceref}" /> but include does
not have a ref attribute.
I've done a search of this list and noticed another person
with a similar problem. But while it was discussed no solution
was presented.
SO THE QUESTION IS: How do you get the javac task to use a
reference to a fileset that was defined in another part of the
build file? I'm not interested in solutions that cause me to
have multiple javac tasks. Completely re-writting the macro is
acceptable. Changes to the targets are also acceptable
provided redundant code between targets is kept to a minimum.
p.s. Another problem is that fileset wants a comma separated
list. I've only done a brief search for a way to convert
semi-colons to commas and haven't found a way to do that.
p.p.s. Sorry for the yelling but some people are too quick to
post responses that don't address the subject.
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