: and = and ' ' are used to separate the key from value in java property files. so, not a good thing to use in property values.
Peter On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Vimil Saju <vimils...@yahoo.com> wrote: > you're nuts, don't use : in property names! :P > > --- On Tue, 2/1/11, Steele, Richard <r...@steelezone.net> wrote: > >> From: Steele, Richard <r...@steelezone.net> >> Subject: Wisdom of using ":" in property name >> To: user@ant.apache.org >> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 5:53 AM >> For better or for worse, I'm using >> ":" as a separator character in my >> property names as part of a set of reusable build >> files. The part before >> the ":" indicates which build file the property is defined >> in. >> >> I've come across at least one incompatibility doing this, >> however, and that >> is with the Bundlor tool (from SpringSource) for generating >> OSGi manifests. >> The issue appears to be that Bundlor uses the ":" character >> for its own >> purposes and is getting confused by my property naming >> convention. I'm >> faced with several choices: >> >> 1. Use something other than Bundlor, like bnd. >> 2. Work around or patch Bundlor to make it work with my >> property naming >> convention. >> 3. Use some other naming convention (or none at all). >> >> None of these choices are all that appealing, but if the >> Ant community says >> something like "you're nuts, don't use : in property names" >> that will >> obviously push me towards #3. >> >> (If you're curious, I chose ":" both because the obvious >> choice of "." >> wasn't distinct enough from many built-in property names, >> and because I also >> use ":" in my target names.) >> >> Thanks, >> Rich >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
