> -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org] > Sent: 06 May 2010 04:39 > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Re: Better alternative than using foreach, for and > if/then/else? > > On 2010-05-05, Bailey, Darragh <dbai...@hp.com> wrote: > > > 1) Is for/foreach the only real option for what I'm attempting to > > accomplish here in building multiple end targets based on > the contents > > of properties? > > I'd recommend writing a custom task for this rather than trying to > implement it in XML. Using Ant's support for scripting engines you > could implement that task inline - for example if compiling and > deploying a Java task as part of the build process was too difficult.
That does seem to be the best solution at the moment, I was hoping that there would be a way to accomplish this through adjusting how I was trying to use Ant. > If you use Java6 you have all parts required to write tasks in > JavaScript together. > > There may be tricks to make things work with pure XML and the > antcontrib > tasks, but I'm not convinced the result will be maintainable. > > Stefan Yeah, I think that a combination of for/foreach and some macrodefs could accomplish what I want, but I'm not sure how well it can be maintained. I'll probably experiment with that before building a custom task in Java, at the very least to have a comparison. -- Regards, Darragh Bailey Systems Software Engineer Hewlett Packard Galway Ltd. Postal Address: Hewlett Packard Galway Limited, Ballybrit Business Park, Galway Registered Office: Hewlett Packard Galway Limited, 63-74 Sir John Rogerson's Quay Dublin 2 Registered Number: 361933 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
