Thanks a TON Chris.
The below one worked perfectly
Thanks
Swayam
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Holman, Chris <chris.hol...@bskyb.com>wrote:
> This is how I'd approach the problem.
> (I haven't tried it, so there may be some bugs in there):
>
> <project name="topLevel">
> <property name="product" value="xyz" description="Default to product
> xyz. Overload in command line if required" />
>
> <property name="abcd" value="build/esrst/build_abcd.xml" />
> <property name="xyz" value="build/ccp/build_xyz.xml" />
>
> <macrodef name="copyProperty">
> <attribute name="property" />
> <attribute name="srcProperty" />
> <sequential>
> <fail unless="@{srcProperty}" message="There isnt a property
> called @{srcProperty}" />
> <property name="@{property}" value="${@{srcProperty}}"
> </sequential>
> </macrodef>
>
> <copyProperty property="BUILD_FILE" srcProperty="${product}" />
>
> <target name="javabuild" >
> <ant antfile="${BUILD_FILE}" inheritAll="true" target="javabuild" />
> </target>
>
> <target name="deploy" >
> <ant antfile="${BUILD_FILE}" inheritAll="true" target="deploy" />
> </target>
>
> </project>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Chris Holman, Chordiant/STAR Build Engineer
> gTalk: chris.d.hol...@googlemail.com
> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrisdholman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swayam Prakash Vemuri [mailto:vemuriswa...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 01 March 2012 16:37
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: Re: Passing multiple targets from one build.xml to another
> build.xml
>
> What I meant by I have only build xml, is I dont have build_abcd.xml and
> neither I have build_xyz.xml.
> Say that I have just build.xml with some targets defined.
>
> And Iam not invoking any other build xml from this build.xml, that being
> the case
> ant understands howmany ever targets I give dynamically.
>
> The moment I invoke one build.xml from other, ant is not able to understand
> any of the targets passed unless I explicitly define
> each of the target as you mentioned.
>
> Just like in Java where we have varargs, ant should be having something,
> otherwise in the simple case(where Iam not invoking one build from other)
> how come ant was able to understand multiple dynamic targets, whereas the
> same its not able to understand in the case of invoking one build from
> another
>
> thanks
> Swayam
>
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Swayam Prakash Vemuri <
> vemuriswa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks much Chris for the quick reply.
> > Full marks to your reasoning, yes by mistake I have not specified any
> > target it was invoking default target which was deploy.
> >
> > But had it been this way, say that, Iam not invoking two different build
> > xmls, say I have only one build xml, in that case
> > I am able to give multiple targets dynamically and ant is able to
> > understand, why the same is not possible when Iam invoking
> > one build xml from another. Why in the latter case ant is not able to
> get
> > the targets dynamically
> >
> > Thanks
> > Swayam
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Holman, Chris <chris.hol...@bskyb.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> The ant task calls the default target of the project being called if you
> >> haven't declared a target in the ant task (that's probably why deploy
> >> target is running).
> >> If the targets are static you can do this:
> >>
> >> <if>
> >> <equals arg1="${product}" arg2="abcd"/>
> >> <then>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product abcd"/>
> >> <ant antfile="build/esrst/build_abcd.xml" inheritAll="true" >
> >> <target>javabuild</target>
> >> <target>deploy</target>
> >> </ant>
> >> </then>
> >> <else>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product xyz"/>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product xyz" />
> >> <ant antfile="build/ccp/build_xyz.xml" inheritAll="true" >
> >> <target>javabuild</target>
> >> <target>deploy</target>
> >> </ant>
> >> </else>
> >> </if>
> >>
> >> It's a bit more tricky if the targets are dynamic, i.e. can change in
> >> each invocation; because there are multiple targets.
> >> In this case you could declare a wrapper target that invoked both (a bit
> >> messy if you have many possible target combinations) and pass the name
> of
> >> this target as a property on the cmd line and use that property in a
> single
> >> target attribute.
> >>
> >> <if>
> >> <equals arg1="${product}" arg2="abcd"/>
> >> <then>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product abcd"/>
> >> <ant antfile="build/esrst/build_abcd.xml" inheritAll="true"
> >> target="${BUILD_TARGET}" />
> >> </then>
> >> <else>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product xyz"/>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product xyz" />
> >> <ant antfile="build/ccp/build_xyz.xml" inheritAll="true"
> >> target="${BUILD_TARGET}" />
> >> </else>
> >> </if>
> >>
> >> Then invoke this using
> >>
> >> ant -Dproduct=abcd -DBUILD_TARGET=build_and_deploy
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Chris Holman
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Swayam Prakash Vemuri [mailto:vemuriswa...@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: 01 March 2012 12:14
> >> To: user@ant.apache.org
> >> Subject: Passing multiple targets from one build.xml to another
> build.xml
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> In my topmost build.xml Iam doing below
> >>
> >> <if>
> >> <equals arg1="${product}" arg2="abcd"/>
> >> <then>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product abcd"/>
> >> <ant antfile="build/esrst/build_abcd.xml" inheritAll="true" >
> >> </ant>
> >> </then>
> >> <else>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product xyz"/>
> >> <echo message="Build for the product xyz" />
> >> <ant antfile="build/ccp/build_xyz.xml" inheritAll="true" >
> >> </ant>
> >> </else>
> >> </if>
> >>
> >> Now I am invoking ant as below
> >>
> >> ant -Dproduct=abcd javabuild deploy
> >>
> >> It is executing build_abcd.xml but it only does 'deploy' its not calling
> >> the first target that is 'javabuild'.
> >>
> >> So my question is how can I pass javabuild and deploy to build_abcd.xml
> or
> >> build_xyz.xml. can someone pleas help me out
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> Swayam
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