Thank you Simon. I missed that sentence and did get sucked in by the examples. There are also a number of postings I found on Google that also seem it say it works as I expected.
Should this be considered a bug? It certainly seems like a significant deficiency to me. Why should xmlproperty fail to process input when property does? I guess I'm just screwed. Thanks again for taking the time to answer my question. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Simon Murcott <si...@flaxx.net> wrote: > Hi Ronald, if you look at the manual for XmlProperty you will find the > following statement: > "By default, this load does *no* processing of the input. In particular, > unlike the Property task <http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/property.html > >, > property references (i.e., ${foo}) are not resolved." > > Unfortunately, the manual adds confusion here as the examples it provides > do not reflect this statement. > > Also have a look at the echoproperties task, it helps a whole heap with > debugging properties. > > http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/xmlproperty.html > http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/echoproperties.html > > On 7 June 2012 01:23, Ronald Albury <ronalb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My understanding is that the xmlproperty task is supposed to expand > > references to external properties just like the regular property task > > does. However, it does not seem to work for me. The output below is > from > > ant 1.7 - however I have downloaded the latest ant and it has the same > > issue. > > > > *Here is my ant file:* > > <project name="test" default="show"> > > > > <property name="global.demo" value="i am global demo"/> > > > > <xmlproperty keepRoot="true" file="props.xml"/> > > <property file="props.properties"/> > > > > <target name="show"> > > <echo>ant.version = ${ant.version}</echo> > > <echo>ant.java.version = ${ant.java.version}</echo> > > <echo>java.vendor = ${java.vendor}</echo> > > <echo>java.version = ${java.version}</echo> > > > > <echo message="cmd.demo property = ${cmd.demo}"/> > > <echo message="global.demo property = ${global.demo}"/> > > <echo message="props.demo property = ${props.demo}"/> > > <echo message="xml.demo property = ${xmlTest.demo}"/> > > > > <echo message="props.cmd property = ${props.cmd}"/> > > <echo message="props.global property = ${props.global}"/> > > > > <echo message="xml.cmd property = ${xmlTest.cmd}"/> > > <echo message="xml.global property = ${xmlTest.global}"/> > > </target> > > > > </project> > > > > *Here is the regular property file:* > > props.demo = This is properties demo > > props.cmd = This is properties with cmd ${cmd.demo} > > props.global = This is properties with global ${global.demo} > > > > *Here is the xml property file:* > > <xmlTest> > > <demo>This is xmlTest demo</demo> > > <cmd>This is xmlTest with cmd ${cmd.demo}</cmd> > > <global>This is xmlTest with global ${global.demo}</global> > > </xmlTest> > > > > *Here is the output when I run with -Dcmd.demo="i am command demo" * > > show: > > [echo] ant.version = Apache Ant version 1.7.1 compiled on June 27 > 2008 > > [echo] ant.java.version = 1.6 > > [echo] java.vendor = IBM Corporation > > [echo] java.version = 1.6.0 > > [echo] cmd.demo property = i am command demo > > [echo] global.demo property = i am global demo > > [echo] props.demo property = This is properties demo > > [echo] xml.demo property = This is xmlTest demo > > [echo] props.cmd property = This is properties with cmd i am command > > demo > > [echo] props.global property = This is properties with global i am > > global demo > > [echo] xml.cmd property = This is xmlTest with cmd ${cmd.demo} > > [echo] xml.global property = This is xmlTest with global > ${global.demo} > > >
