> From: Barrie Treloar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I find myself in need of yet another feature for the <java> > task. I would > > appreciate any input you can provide on the utility or best > way to do it. > > > > I would like to add a <property name="..." value="..."> element that > > depending on whether the VM is forked or not will generate > "-Dname=value" > > arguments or it will manipulate the System.properties. > > > > the syntax of the element will be: > > > > <property name="a" value="x" /> or <property name="b" > file="a file name" /> > > > > one of the important reasons for this is my need to > indicate file names on > > this parameters. > > > > Do you think the name is problematic? How about<propertyArg>? > > Aren't these vm arguments. Can you use <vmargs> to include them, the > documentation indicates its only used if the java task forks. >
Yes and no. -D options are vm arguments, but they would be ignored if the VM is not forked. I want to be able to use them even when no forking occurs. Jose Alberto
