Any ideas anyone ?
Thanks in advance,
Parag Doke
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Parag Doke <parag.doke+tec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello ant users.
> I am facing an issue with handling properties with calls to tasks/macros
> nested within the parallel task. More of a logical/approach related issue
> rather than anything with the tool itself. Here go the details:
> Using ant:
> Apache Ant version 1.8.1 compiled on April 30 2010
> With Java:
> java version "1.6.0_22"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode, sharing)
> The most relevant part of the build.xml:
> <parallel>
> <mySleep seconds="4"/>
> <mySleep seconds="3"/>
> <mySleep seconds="2"/>
> <mySleep seconds="1"/>
> </parallel>
> mySleep is my own macro with the following declaration:
> <macrodef name="mySleep">
> <attribute name="seconds"/>
> <sequential>
> <sleep seconds="@{seconds}"/> <!-- In my actual case, this is
> exec calls with the outputproperty attribute -->
> <property name="myProp" value="my value = @{seconds}"/>
> <echo>Now working with ${myProp}</echo>
> </sequential>
> </macrodef>
> Since properties are immutable, if it so happens that the 4th macro call
> sets the property, the rest of them cannot modify it. A quick alternative to
> this might be using the variable task (in place of property) from
> ant-contrib.sf.net. However, the above is just an example. In reality, my
> macro does an exec call. The outputproperty attribute to the exec call will
> be what I need to process later.
> So I guess my questions are:
> 1) What is the best approach to handle properties/variables for (almost)
> identical macro calls ? I cannot modify the property name each time. I could
> redirect stdout/stderr of the exec task to some file. But not sure how to
> guarantee that the file will be unique and not get overwritten if 2 tasks
> finish at the same instant of time.
> 2) Can the outputproperty value be captured in a variable directly ? I read
> that it is possible to use the ant-contrib propertycopy task to get one
> property value into another. But then there is a risk that the copy might
> not be synchronized ...
> The last option I have is of course to get rid of the parallel task and let
> the macros run one after the other. But that would be modifying the
> requirement to suit the scripting limitation I've run into. So I thought of
> asking here before jumping on any implementation.
> Thanks in advance for any pointers,
> Parag Doke
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