A condition is a different thing than a task - a condition checks something - a task does something. Of course an implementing class maybe can do both (<available> <antversion>).
For HTTP there are two different implementations: - condition <http> - task <get> (- http AntLib http://ant.apache.org/antlibs/sandbox.html ) Jan >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Emir Mahmut BAHSI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Montag, 30. Juli 2007 23:34 >An: Ant Users List >Betreff: Re: AW: while-like structure in Ant > >It is a good point! Http task is one of the core conditions >that can be used as a nested element in condition task. >FYI: http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/conditions.html > >However I do not know why it is not listed in the manual as a >core task :) May be it is because of being a nested element >for condition task (core condition). > >Emir M Bahsi > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which task? Ant Core doesnt >have one. > >Jan > >>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>Von: Emir Mahmut BAHSI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. Juli 2007 00:27 >>An: Ant Users List >>Betreff: RE: while-like structure in Ant >> >>Sorry everybody for the late replay. I am trying to implement >>that while structure as I explained before. I am using >>javascript for that. However, I can not create a http task in >>javascript code. That part of the code is: >> >>myhttp = project.createTask("http"); >>myhttp.setUrl("a url address"); >> >>The error is: javax.script.ScriptException: >>sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.EcmaError: TypeError: >>Cannot call method "setUrl" of null <#5> in >> at line number 5 >> >>Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> >>Emir Mahmut Bahsi >> >> >> >> >> >> >>"Rebhan, Gilbert" wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Xavier Hanin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:17 AM >>To: Ant Users List >>Subject: Re: while-like structure in Ant >> >>On 5/10/07, Emir Mahmut BAHSI wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I have been working on conditional structures and loop structures on >>> existing workflow managers for a long time. For this purpose I have >>> implemented two simple examples for if-type and switch-type cases >>(examples >>> are attached). In these examples my program is simply downloading a >>file. If >>> that file does not exist in the first web address it tries another >>address. >>> However, I could not implement a loop structure for that. >In the loop >>case >>> the program should try the same address until the file exists. >>Actually I >>> know this is not a reasonable and useful scenario but I just want to >>show >>> whether a conditional-loop scenario can be implemented in Ant. >>> >>> Can u suggest me anything to implement that example. Any help is >>> appreciated. >> >>/* >>The ant-contrib project is providing conditional tasks which may help, >>but >>if you want to have your own syntax and the very specific url >>availability >>as a condition (like you wrote), maybe using a script (using scriptdef >>for >>example) would be a good fit. >>*/ >> >>+1 >> >>i would go via and a scripting language running in >>BSF >>(JRuby, Groovy, Beanshell ... ) >> >>or use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>see = >>http://groovy.codehaus.org/ >>http://www.bytemycode.com/snippets/snippet/475/ >> >>Regards, Gilbert >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------- >>Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your >>pocket: mail, news, photos & more. >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >--------------------------------- >Building a website is a piece of cake. >Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]