Stefan and Diane, The issue with using the ant task, as Diane suggested, is that I want to be able to invoke the task from the other XML file as part of the same project.
The XML include mechanism that Stefan suggested is very tempting. I never knew about this mechanism and can't find any reference to it in the XML 1.0 specification. Is there a newer version of XML that Ant is supporting, or is this feature specific to Ant's XML parser. I'm assuming that Ant is using a derivative of the Xerces XML parser, but I could be wrong. The only issue I see with using the XML include mechanism, is that you don't get to use the variable substitution that Ant gives you. This means that you have to know the full path to the included file when you write the calling XML file instead of allowing the user to specify and environment variable or something else to say where the file is. When you look at it this request fits into the "nice to have" category better than any other, but it would still be nice to have. Zack > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Including build files - bug ID 537 > > > Zack Grossbart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It would be a nice feature to be able to include build files within > > other build files. This would work similarly to antcall, but would > > allow you to specify targets within another xml file. For example: > > if I had a build file that setup some necessary environment > > information, I could include that file in all of my build files. In > > the attached xml files, build.xml calls common.xml to set a commonly > > used property. > > I would have commented on the report and even closed it, but the > bugrat server doesn't like me at the moment. My answer would be (and > will be once I get through): > > Already possible via XML SYSTEM entities, see > <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-user&m=97358675517672&w=2> for > example. > > Cheers > > Stefan
