Quoting Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:33 AM > Subject: RE: nested properties anyone? > > > > > > That is entirely possible, I also looked trough the code, and it's not > > supported, period. > > However here are two questions: > > > > 1. Why? > > cos its an ugly hack. Would you use it in java? no, we have things called > arrays.
Well, I'm not talking Java here. Build.xml is an XML file, I don't really care which technology is parsing it. Such ugly things are done in Perl and most of the scripting languages, and if you want to put special char in your sting you can escape it. > > > 2. What is a work around? > > -save all your per system settings in a properties file > -pick the file name from a property We have more than 20 possible servers. I think it is much uglier to have 20+ one line files than a single file with 20 entries. But thank you for a suggestion. > > > > > -- > 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]>
