Re: taskdef and declarations

[Stefan Bodewig]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Gary Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> What I want to write is:
> 
>     <taskdef name="sqlfwk3"
>             classname="com.gtsdesign.sqlfwk3.ant.Sqlfwk3Taskdef" >
>         <classpath>
>             <pathelement
>             location="${jars.dir}/sqlfwk3-taskdef.jar"/>
>         </classpath>
>     </taskdef>
> 
> but ${jars.dir} (which is actually coming from the calling
> buildfile) doesn't seem to get substituted.

It should - and your task won't even notice.  If you get a literal
${jars.dir}, this means the property is not set.  Try <echo>ing it
before the taskdef.

It must be defined, before the <taskdef> gets executed.

Stefan