ant would resolve your properties file as follows:
env.name=u03
env.server.app.hostname=caix01
etc
after the first set of properties, the rest are ignored because those
property names have already been set.
having a property defined as env=u02 doesn't affect the way the xml file is
processed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Ant Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: xmlproperty - clarification please
>
> I am playing around with using an xml file to load properties into my
build
> file. The xml properties are as follows ....
>
> <environments>
>
> <env name="u03">
> <server.app.hostname>caix01</server.app.hostname>
> <server.app.username>root</server.app.username>
> <server.app.password>root</server.app.password>
> <server.app.rootdir>/clearstage/env/u03</server.app.rootdir>
>
>
<billers>amexc,barcc,brgas,brtel,gfish,mbnac,mnsfs,morst,jlpac,onetl,orang,t
> elew,tmobl,virgc,virge,vodaf</billers>
> <debug>on</debug>
> </env>
>
> <env name="u02">
> <server.app.hostname>caix01</server.app.hostname>
> <server.app.username>root</server.app.username>
> <server.app.password>root</server.app.password>
> <server.app.rootdir>/clearstage/env/u02</server.app.rootdir>
>
>
<billers>amexc,barcc,brgas,brtel,gfish,mbnac,mnsfs,morst,jlpac,onetl,orang,t
> elew,tmobl,virgc,virge,vodaf</billers>
> <debug>on</debug>
> </env>
>
> </environments>
>
> My ant code looks like:
>
> <project name="play" default="init" basedir=".">
>
> <target name="init">
>
> <property name="env" value="u02"/>
>
> <xmlproperty file="${basedir}/env.xml"
> keeproot="false"/>
>
> <echo>server.app.hostname=${env.server.app.hostname}</echo>
> <echo>server.app.username=${env.server.app.username}</echo>
> <echo>server.app.password=${env.server.app.password}</echo>
> <echo>server.app.rootdir=${env.server.app.rootdir}</echo>
> <echo>billers=${env.billers}</echo>
> <echo>debug=${env.debug}</echo>
>
> </target>
>
> </project>
>
> In a similar example in the book by Steve Loughran/Erik Hatcher, on page
76
> it says that a customer property (aka my env property) can be overridden
at
> the command line like: ant -Dcustomer=joes_garage. However, further in the
> text it describes a limitation of xmproperty - it handles only the first
of
> duplicate elements.
>
> So does this mean that my example cannot successfully load the correct
> properties based upon the command line, eg. ant -Denv=u02 or
ant -Denv=u03?
>
> Certainly i only get the first sibling element, ie. u03 nomatter what i
> specify the env property to be ....
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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