> -----Original Message----- > From: KARR, DAVID > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 4:12 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: How to gracefully not use a feature if the task jar isn't > present? > > I'm trying to implement an optional feature in a build script that > utilizes the "xmltask" jar. To be less intrusive, I want the feature to be > silently disabled if the xmltask jar isn't available. I initially assumed > that I would check for the presence of the jar in "$HOME/.ant/lib", but > that has a few problems. I can get this to work, but I realized that > "$HOME" doesn't work for Windows, and "$USERPROFILE" doesn't work for non- > windows. In addition, someone could conceivably install the jar in > $ANT_HOME/lib or somewhere else. > > I'm already using "if:set" on a property that I set if the jar is > available, but I'd like that check to be a little more robust. I don't > see a good way to do that.
Never mind, I noticed the "classname" property of the "available" task. I sort of wish there was a "package" property instead, but this will work. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
