--- Ioan Mitrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the docs are not very clear about this isse, or maybe I didn't
> read it right.
If you can point me to where in the doc you feel things were stated
poorly, I can try and fix the doc to be more clear.
> So: I can't reset properties in a target by just redefining them
Right. You can't do something like:
<target name="compile">
<property name="build.compiler" value="jikes"/>
<javac ... />
</target>
if build.compiler was already set (at any level), but you can do something
like:
<target name="jikescompile">
<antcall target="compile">
<param name="build.compiler" value="jikes"/>
</antcall>
</target>
<target name="compile">
<javac ... />
</target>
Note that if you do things this way so you can compile the same files
using different compilers, you should also either allow for a <param> to
be passed that specifies the destdir in your <javac> task of your
"compile" target so you can have your (for example) jikes-compiled
classfiles go into a different directory, or you should have your targets
set up to run a "clean"-type target on the previously compiled classfiles
first -- otherwise, your classfiles will be up-to-date so nothing will get
recompiled.
Diane
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