If no one gets to this before I do, I'll have a look at it in a few weeks or
so. Could you please file this as an official Bugzilla report against Ant
1.5Beta1 so that its not forgotten?
Erik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nolan Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Ant Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 11:46 AM
Subject: 1.5Beta1 propertyfile task: Generating build number throws
NullPointerException (was: propertyfile task returning wrong date)
> I downloaded 1.5 Beta1.
>
> Now the date is right but generating the build number throws a
> NullPointerException:
>
> compile:
> [propertyfile] Updating property file:
> /webapp/neo-gate/buildversion.properties
> [propertyfile] java.lang.NullPointerException
> [propertyfile] at java.text.DecimalFormat.parse(DecimalFormat.java:797)
> [propertyfile] at java.text.NumberFormat.parse(NumberFormat.java:282)
> [propertyfile] at
>
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.PropertyFile$Entry.executeInteger(Pro
> pertyFile.java:441)
> [propertyfile] at
>
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.PropertyFile$Entry.executeOn(Property
> File.java:344)
> [propertyfile] at
>
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.PropertyFile.executeOperation(Propert
> yFile.java:198)
> [propertyfile] at
>
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.PropertyFile.execute(PropertyFile.jav
> a:185)
> [propertyfile] at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:313)
> [propertyfile] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309)
> [propertyfile] at
org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:334)
> [propertyfile] at
> org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1216)
> [propertyfile] at
> org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1160)
> [propertyfile] at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:605)
> [propertyfile] at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:195)
> [propertyfile] at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:234)
> [echo] Buildlabel is 20020503AM_
> [echo] Builddate is 20020503AM
> [echo] Buildnum is
>
>
>
> BTW, the xml code is:
>
> <propertyfile file="buildversion.properties" comment="Date, time and build
> number of most recent build">
> <entry key="buildnum" type="int" default="0000" operation="+"
pattern="0000"
> />
> <entry key="builddate" type="date" default="now" pattern="yyyyMMdda" />
> <entry key="buildlabel" value="${builddate}_${buildnum}" />
> </propertyfile>
> <property file="buildversion.properties" />
> <echo message="Buildlabel is ${buildlabel}" />
> <echo message="Builddate is ${builddate}" />
> <echo message="Buildnum is ${buildnum}" />
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Nolan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:49 AM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: RE: propertyfile task returning wrong date
>
>
> --- Nolan Ring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Actually my real question is why doesn't the snippet of xml for the
> > propertyfile task work correctly, ie
> > why doesn't it return the right date.
>
> Looks to have been a bug -- fixed in Ant1.5.
>
> Diane
>
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