> I want to discuss a little bit more on this.
A topic dear to my heart....
> >From what I understand, a property within a target will not be available
to
> another target unless there is a dependence.
Well, sort of. For the same execution thread (terminology is a bit off
here) properties are available any time after being defined.
> For example,
>
> <target name="myInit">
> <property name="Me" value="IsMe"/>
> </target>
>
> <target name="showMe">
> <echo message="${Me}"/>
> </target>
>
> the above echo will not display any.
>
These two targets are never executed at the same time. You'd run these by
doing one of:
ant myInit showMe
-or-
ant myInit
ant showMe
Both are essentially equivalent and each invocation starts fresh with
properties.
> However, the following will work
> <target name="showMe" depends="myInit">
> <echo message="${Me}"/>
> </target>
>
>
> But anyway, in order to make a property global, you have to put it outside
> targets.
> Am I right?
Again, you're right in that this is typically how it would work, but other
scenarios exist using <ant>/<antcall> so that a property defined can be
overridden or set for the invocation.
Clear as mud?! :)
Erik
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