Re: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread nswoboda
Thanks for the short term solution, it works like a charm. Nik > In the meantime one can write a custom task, or use

Re: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread Gilbert Rebhan
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are building a piece of software which has a number of Java properties files in xml format (the kind which are read with Properties.loadFromXML). An example: http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd";> [ ... ] I would like to be able to read these files and use

Re: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread Peter Reilly
On 7/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would be nice if there were a way for the xmlproperty task to create pro= > ps with an XPath like syntax. Something like: > > temp.properties.entry(key=3D"appName") would return Name I think that we would want something like this, t

Re: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread nswoboda
in 1.5, is the issue related to not wanting to have to rewrite it for ant to work with older java versions? Nik > > - Original Message - > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: user@ant.apache.org > > Subject: Using Java xml properties file with Ant > > Date: Fri, 2

AW: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread Jan.Materne
>Good question. Looking at the ant source it looks like the >property value is overwritten with the new value concatenated >onto the old value with a comma in between. So the old value is lost. > >This is probably not the answer you are looking for but you >could use ant contrib's foreach task

Re: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread ryan
something like: temp.properties.entry(0) would return Name as well But I don't see such a thing. Maybe we are just missing it. --ryano > - Original Message - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Using Java xml properties file with Ant > Da

Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread nswoboda
We are building a piece of software which has a number of Java properties files in xml format (the kind which are read with Properties.loadFromXML). An example: http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd";> Name Something 2.5 I would like to be able to read these files and use their proper