I also use target names starting with / for the targets that just set some properties modifying the behaviour of whatever is executed after (for example '/offline', '/notest'). This doesn't change anything to visibility (they are callable from command line), but regroup them logically, even when they have a description.
Gilles > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: mardi 20 novembre 2007 19:42 > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Specify non-top level target > > On Nov 20, 2007 12:24 PM, mjdenham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My ant build file is getting quite long and has a lot of targets. When I > > view the ant file in Eclipse it can be difficult to see which targets are > > the top-level ones which I would call and which are just helper targets like > > "init". > > > > Is it possible to remove some of the "targets" from the external interface > > just leaving a set of targets which people will actually invoke. > > No, I don't think so. But traditionally, some people (like me) used > helper targets' name starting with a dask, as in "-init", which made > them impossible to call from the command line, an in general indicates > an "internal" (as in implement-detail) target of the build. IDEs don't > have restrictions on calling these targets though. Having the leading > dash would at least group these targets in a different lexicographic > group, since targets are usually sorted by names in IDEs. > > I would not be surprised to learn that some IDEs allow to hide some > target names, but you can't do that in Ant AFAIK. --DD > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
