On 2012-09-20 13:21, Vimil Saju wrote: > 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.
Hi Vimil, I guess you refer to: http://groovy.codehaus.org ? I haven't tried with Groovy script and my request is really about getting a core feature already verified being useful in NAnt into the default Ant installation so you can ship build scripts to anybody (having an upgraded Ant NB...) without requiring yet another install. It is quite possible that I'm wrong but it seems that this would something like the "javac" and "java" targets combined so 90% of the code should already be in place sort of :-) IMO such a feature could extend the life of Ant considerably. Nobody can beat the power of a full-blown programming language! Regards, Anders > > > ________________________________ > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
