Thanks to dianne and stefan who have already helped me out with a couple
of dilemnas recently. I now have another, I hope somebody out there will
be able to assist me with it.
If i run a build.xml like the following and the file
archive-format-alpha.tar.gz exists in my current directory;
<task name="grind">
<available file="archive-format-alpha.tar.gz"
property="alpha.present"/>
<available file="archive-format-beta..tar.gz"
property="beta.present"/>
<antcall target="setup_alpha_if_present"/>
<antcall target="setup_beta_if_present"/>
<echo message="version is ${version}"/>
</task>
<task name="setup_alpha_if_present" if="alpha.present">
<property name="version" value="alpha"/>
<echo "in setup_alpha version=${version}"/>
</task>
<task name="setup_beta_if_present" if="beta.present">
<property name="version value="beta"/>
<echo "in setup_beta version=${version}"/>
</task>
ant i enter the command; ant grind
i would expect to see;
in setup_alpha version=alpha
version=alpha
but instead i see;
in setup_alpha_version=alpha
version=${version}
is this correct?
is it right that property assignments do not propogate from within
tasks? am i just being incredibly dumb (again)? is there a way to ensure
that property changes from within sub-tasks propogate back to calling
tasks?
any help appreciated.
regards,
dave young.
