Hi Anders, Have you tried groovy script? I think groovy is completely compatible with java. That is any valid java code is valid groovy code too.
________________________________ From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundg...@telia.com> To: dev@ant.apache.org Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:11 AM Subject: Request - Native Java "Script" Support Dear Ant-Team, I am an avid Ant user since more than 10 years back and I'm happy to see how it has progressed! Recently I have begun writing very complex build scripts and found myself craving for a more programmatic solution which using Ant in standard configurations means using JavaScript or writing extensions. In addition, I have also been using .NET tools like NAnt. In NAnt there is no JavaScript support but there is support for native C#. I find C# and Java much better for this purpose than JavaScript so my question is really: Would it be completely unthinkable to add Java as a scripting language? Since Ant already presumes JDK it doesn't sound completely undoable either. Beanshell isn't an active project and I don't see any advantage with Beanshell compared to native Java. Sincerely, Anders Rundgren --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
