Look into the <augment> task with conditionally executed (using if/unless
namespaces, antcontrib <if>, or similar) <sequential> blocks.
HTH,
Matt
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 3:37 AM Isaac Jurado <dipto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Ant users,
>
> I'm trying to create a <macrodef> wrapper over <testng>. The idea is
> to have my macro expose the same attributes that <testng> supports,
> with as close semantics as possible.
>
> Unfortunately, I have no idea how to reproduce the presence/absence
> behavior. For instance, <testng> accepts a "timeout" integer
> attribute. So in my macro I would do:
>
> <attribute name="timeout" default=""/>
>
> And then calling TestNG would be:
>
> <testng timeout="@{timeout}">...</testng>
>
> But this turns out not to be the same behavior as NOT specifying the
> timeout attribute. In this case, Ant fails because empty string does
> not parse to an integer.
>
> Is there a way to achieve my goal? I would like to avoid writing Java
> code. But I don't mind resorting to Javascript in the build file
> (<script> or <scriptdef>).
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Isaac Jurado
>
> "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding"
> Leonardo da Vinci
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