Re: ant as a workflow engine

[Scott Walters]

Thanks for all the info. I've been experimenting with writing ant tasks, and I'm starting to think that it's a great framework for what I'm trying to do. While I agree that maven would probably be better, I could never get even the simplest build script to work after hours of trying. I tried the mailing list and the response was prompt but ultimately not helpful. I may try it again in a few months. I looked at the workflow commons project briefly but since there's no real docs for it, I'd have to work with the source extensively to gauge it's capabilities and I don't really have a lot of time.

Scott


Stefan Bodewig wrote:

There is a workflow subproject in jakarta-commons sandbox that may be
of interest to you ...

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Scott Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

1)  Can I pipe the xml output of one task into the next task without
using a file?

Not easily without touching the tasks, but if you are writing them
anyway: You could store the XML output (as a DOM tree?) in a project
reference between tasks.

2) Do tasks within a target always run in the order they're
specified in the build script?

Yes.

Stefan

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