--- Michael McCallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why not use the script task?
I think he's looking to allow using the Java language, as opposed to a
script language.
But I have a question, Jason -- would your <code> task fill in all the
Java code that writing an actual task would require? (If not, then I'm not
sure I'm seeing how it'd be all that different from just writing a regular
custom task.)
Diane
> On 16 May 2001, at 14:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Roger Vaughn and I have been discussing XML as a flow control language
> and
> > I've come up with a compromise that I'm considering taking a stab at
> > writing. I want to bounce the idea off all of you before I invest a
> pile
> > of time into an idea that one of you might be able to easily debunk.
> >
> > I feel that XML is a very poor language for describing conditionals.
> All
> > the arguments seem to show that. I suggest a new task called 'code'
> that
> > would work something like this:
> >
> > <target name="make">
> > <code>
> > if(true){
> > callTarget("compile");
> > }
> > </code>
> > </target>
> >
> > My task would then take all of the Java between the code tags, put it
> into
> > a TempTaskN.java file, compile it, load the class then call the task
> just
> > like any other. Basically, the code tag is just a scriptlet in the
> > build.xml.
> >
> > To my thinking this has the following advantages:
> > - It doesn't break the current design and architecture
> > - It takes advantage of the fact that we already have a very nice
> > language and compiler,
> > we should not have to build another one
> > - Because tasks in this context tend to be one-off, non-reusable
> bits
> > of code, it is
> > really nice to keep the task code in the same file as the
> rest of
> > the build.
> > - The java in the code block could call the other tasks, but
> still
> > have all of the
> > flexibility of Java
> >
> > My most optimistic hope is that I can write this into a regular task,
> and
> > ANT itself would not have to change at all.
> >
> > Can any of you think of a reason this wouldn't work? If not, I'm
> going to
> > try coding it next week and I've got some scraps of free time coming.
> >
> > Let me know what you think, and thank's to Roger for the discussion
> about
> > it.
> >
> > Jason
> Henriksen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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