Thanks Friends, Charles I tried out your solution and found out the problem and a strange phenomena. By default web.xml has a web-app element like this:
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"; version="2.5"> And the example you sent me had just <web-app>. So if I change the above web-app to just <web-app> everything works fine otherwise it totally ignores it and do nothing. Can someone please suggest anyway to resolve this?? This is strange. Thanks On 9/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I downloaded the xmltask-v1.15.1.jar file and placed it in the lib > subdirectory of my ant installation. > > I prepared this web.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <web-app> > <mime-mapping> > <extension>html</extension> > <mime-type>text/html</mime-type> > </mime-mapping> > </web-app> > > I prepared this insert.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <mime-mapping> > <extension>txt</extension> > <mime-type>text/plain</mime-type> > </mime-mapping> > > I then wrote this build.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <project name="bc" default="init" basedir="."> > <taskdef name="xmltask" classname=" > com.oopsconsultancy.xmltask.ant.XmlTask"/> > <target name="init"> > <xmltask source="web.xml" dest="web.xml" > > <insert path="/web-app/mime-mapping[1]" position="before" file=" > insert.xml"/> > </xmltask> > </target> > </project> > > I then ran ant and got this new web.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <web-app> > <mime-mapping> > <extension>txt</extension> > <mime-type>text/plain</mime-type> > </mime-mapping> > <mime-mapping> > <extension>html</extension> > <mime-type>text/html</mime-type> > </mime-mapping> > </web-app> > > This appears to do what you want, what part did you leave out? > -- > Charles Knell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: broken connection <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:45:17 -0400 > To: "Ant Users List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Editing an XML file using ant > > Hi Friends, > > I want to add some extra mime-mappings to an web.xml file in the > deployment > environment using my build script.I am trying using "XMLTASK" but for some > reason it's not working. Is there any other way using ANT to accomplish > this > task. > > This is what i am trying with XMLTask: > > <xmltask source="${dest}/web.xml" dest="${dest}/web.xml" > > <insert path="/web-app/mime-mapping[1]" position="before" file=" > insert.xml"> > </insert> > </xmltask> > > It just copies the source web.xml to destination and does not appends > anything. > > > Thanks > Mick > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
