Thanks Markus, I did most of those recommendation, I'm having many build.xml files in my src tree, and currently my build runs then one by one, this way I create build (this is the simplistic description of the build) but one thing is still not clear to me: I would like to simplify the build.xml files and to remove from them all the common targets, pathes,properties, so they will inherit them from one master.xml, and not creating a master.xml which executes them all. Is it possible? or I just didn't understand this part? Are there more "import" possibility for importing those components (like importing properties using the property task)? Thanks, Ori.
-----Original Message----- From: Markus Niedermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thu, July 18, 2002 4:09 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Inheritance question Hi Ori My tips: 1. Define a common project structure like workspace +-- module1 | +-- build (class files) | +-- src (source files) | +-- com ... +-- module2 ... (like CVS ;-) 2. Design your build system based on this structure 3. Do not define relative path properties (always use ${basedir}/xy/...) 4. Create for each module a build.xml (like the user interface) 5. Call from the module build.xml the master.xml with the common functionality (<ant>...) 6. Inherit your properties => the master.xml works with module data... 7. The master.xml is located in a well known module (configured in the build.xml) 8. You can define core functionality in the master.xml, and overwrite special behaviour in the build.xml (that's cool and a must...) 9. You can force master.properties by <property file="... at the top of the build.xml - The build.xml acts like an facade to the master.xml - You can use the build.xml as usual - It works fine! Markus Ori Burstein wrote: >Hi, >I have used the Ant for a while and I have question I would like to be >advised about: >I'm trying to create a build using many ant files which will reuse some >tasks ( like targets, path, properties), and I would like to "share" those >tasks in one file, which all the ant files will inherit from. >Please advise me if this can be done, and how? > >Thanks, >Ori. > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
