I'm currently working on building a custom task that needs to be able to get
its data from datasets defined outside of the target by using references.
My question is this: Is there a way to define a new dataset in the ant
buildfile, similar to defining a custom task, so that I can reference the
dataset similar to filesets etc.
Example of what I want to do:
<project name="test" default="junk" basedir=".">
<WHAT GOES HERE TO ALLOW ME TO USE customDataSet?>
<customDataSet id="aset">
<some data>
</customDataSet>
<target name="junk">
<mycustomTask dosomething>
<custDataSet refid="aset"/>
</mycustomTask>
</target>
</project>
Or is this even possible? I'm trying to avoid having to make changes to any
file in the base ant distribution, so if possible I don't want to change the
defaults.properties file though I will if this is the ONLY way.
I can currently create the datasets and use them fine from within the task,
but I want to be able to reference these datasets just like filesets etc.
Mark A Russell
NextGen Software Engineer
CSG Systems, Inc.
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
