Stefan Bodewig wrote:
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Kev Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
However if I try to run the project buildfile (./build.xml), none of
the properties are available (quick checks with echo just give me
variables instead of expanded properties).
This is not what I've seen in the past. Properties declared in the
imported build file just worked as expected. Are you sure your
property file is loaded at all?
As promised here's a small example where a property from the
common/build.properties is being referenced in the project.properties
and it doesn't get expanded - inline and attached as Zip file for
convenience
./common/build.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="common" basedir="../">
<property file="common/build.properties" />
<target name="init">
<echo message="${a} from common/build.properties" />
</target>
</project>
common/build.properties
a="Hello"
./build.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="test" basedir=".">
<property file="project.properties" />
<import file="common/build.xml"/>
<target name="hello" depends="init">
<echo message="${b} from project.properties" />
</target>
</project>
./project.properties
b=${a}", Hello, Hello"
Output
Buildfile: build.xml
init:
[echo] "Hello" from common/build.properties
hello:
[echo] ${a}", Hello, Hello" from project.properties, "Hello" from
common/build.properties
However (having just read an email about order of properties)
with
./build.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="test" basedir=".">
<import file="common/build.xml"/>
<property file="project.properties" />
<target name="hello" depends="init">
<echo message="${b} from project.properties" />
</target>
</project>
Everything works fine!
So (a little counter-intuitively I think). The imported file seems to
be placed in situ (with respect to properties), and I cannot reference a
common property in a project properties file unless I import the file
*before*. I read all the documents, and there's this big thing about
imported files being added to the end of the file - it's stressed in the
manual IIRC, but if this is so, then I'd never be able to access the
properties as they'd always come after my reference to them.
I think I just confused myself! ;)
It's behaving here as if it was inline - which is fine, just very unexpected
Kev
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