Hey,
I'm using macrodef a lot (a really great feature). What I'm looking for
is a simple
way of tracing which macro is invoked. Something like "entring macro .. ",
"leaving
macro ..".
So derived a Trace class from org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential,
some-
thing like:
public class Trace extends Sequential {
public void execute()
{
// entrer trace statements ..
super.execute();
// leaving trace statements ..
}
}
Then I created a task name "trace" and tried something like
<macrodef name="test">
<trace>
<!-- do something -->
</trace>
</macrodef>
which unfortunatley does NOT work :-( because Macrodef has a
createSequential()
method while "lacking" a addSequential(Sequential s) method.
Wouldn't it be cool to implementent such a trace task? Or do I miss
something?
Perhaps Ant (1.7) allows already tracing of macros ???
It would be even cooler if my trace task could figure out automatically
that the
name of its surrounding macrodef is "test". Is there a way to do that??
Yes, I k n o w that I can put my trace task within the macrodef
sequential. This
works but it has some disadvantages:
- performance
- code bloat (would like to keeps things short and simple)
Regards,
Wolfgang.
