Right on! I would have said getProject().getProperty("test.property");Which uses the public accessor rather than the protected member. --DD -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:08 PM To: 'Ant Users List' Subject: RE: Accessing properties in a custom ant task project.getProperty("test.property"); -Ashoka -----Original Message----- From: Nau, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 2:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Accessing properties in a custom ant task Is there a way to access ant properties within a custom task? For example: <property name="test.property" value="testing..."/> <target name="test-mytask"> <taskdef resource="mytask.properties" classpathref="mytask.cp"/> <mytask/> </target> How can I access the value of test.property within the java code that creates mytask? Thanks, Mike. -- 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]>
