Thanks! I didn't notice the <augment> task existed. However, I don't seem to wrap my head around it. In particular, it doesn't seem to support forward references. This is what I tried:
<macrodef name="mywrapper"> <attribute name="timeOut" default=""/> <sequential> <augment unless:blank="timeOut" id="my-testng-invocation" timeOut="@{timeOut}"/> <testng id="my-testng-invocation">...</testng> </sequentail> </macrodef> The error I get is: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unknown reference "my-testng-invocation" Best regards. On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 5:41 PM Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > > > -- Isaac Jurado "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" Leonardo da Vinci --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org