It just so happens that I have both an if and a foreach task :-) I have primarilly used them on development projects in the past and have not provided much support for the tasks. If you want the code please let me know and I will give them to you.
Douglas WF Acheson --- Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Tyler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:01 AM > Subject: Re: "if" task > > > > I'll add another annoying me too message to this thread. > > > > We have a fairly complex Ant build script (just under 1000 lines, > not > > counting external properties files and a separate 300 line > bootstrap > nightly > > build.xml) and it would be so much better with foreach and if > tasks. > > I'm -0 on if/then; ok with try/catch > > Maybe as a former prolog programmer it makes more sense to me, but I > dont > have too many needs for conditionality apart from <fail>, even doing > complex > deployment stuff. What we have right now is a reasonable conceptual > model, > and too much <if><then>, <for>, gets in the way of doing the stuff in > a > significantly better way. > > > > > Yes, we could use the contrib tasks but there is some internal > resistance > to > > using non-core tasks and I don't have much say in what goes into > our CVS > > controlled version of Ant. So having them in the core set of tasks > would > be > > preferable. > > I am afraid you need to deal with your internal resistance...and you > dont > need to put the tasks into ant_home\lib, just use a classpath on > <taskdef> > and load them from a jar local to your project. > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ===== Douglas WF Acheson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
