I have some targets that define data type instances, such as file lists. Nothing surprising about that, except that when I look at the Ant User Manual, I find nothing that says that a target can contain a data type. I didn’t see any examples of targets containing data types, either.
Looking at the code for Target, it is clear that a Target contains tasks and data types. So, I’m wondering why I can’t find any mention of targets containing data types in the user manual. Did I miss it, or is it really not there? The background for this question is that I am thinking of replacing a macro with a custom task, where the macro expands to a sequential execution of some datatypes. That sounds impossible, but yet it works. Should I not be doing this? I feel like I am missing something important. Here’s the example: <macrodef name="classpath"> <element name="classpath-elements" optional="true"/> <element name="jars-elements" optional="true"/> <element name="include-elements" optional="true"/> <sequential> <path id="lib.jars.elements"> <jars-elements/> </path> <path id="lib.include.elements"> <include-elements/> </path> <path id="lib.path.elements"> <classpath-elements/> </path> </sequential> </macrodef> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org