I think I have to do that because one of the classes compiled by the compile step is the class referenced in the taskdef. What I found was that if I defined the taskdef at the "top level", not inside a target, no matter where it was sequentially in the build script, it would fail on the taskdef immediately because it couldn't find the class, even before it executed the compile step.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scot P. Floess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:15 AM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Defined task fails to find base class of task > > Yeah, I posted a question about this recently. I got > side-tracked and never fully pursued the issue... I don't > think it works - I saw the same behavior as you... > > Curious, why are you structuring in this fashion? Meaning > performing the taskdef in a target? Not a criticism - just > curious as to why. I had a real reason in doing so myself :) > > Karr, David wrote: > > I have a simple build file that compiles some files and has > a taskdef > > for one of the compiled classes, which indirectly > references a class > > in one of the jars in the classpath. I have the taskdef inside the > > target which uses the task. When it executes the defined task, it > > fails to find the class from that jar (NoClassDefFound). I ran > > SysInternals FileMon while the build is running to verify > it's reading > > the jar file with that base class. > > > > The class it can't find it > > > > Here is my simple build file: > > ----------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project name="WLA" > > default="default" basedir="."> > > <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project > > WLA.</description> > > > > <property file="nbuild.properties"/> > > > > <target name="default" > > depends="compile,install-label-info,build-war"> > > </target> > > > > <target name="compile"> > > <delete dir="${build.classes.dir}"/> > > <mkdir dir="${build.classes.dir}"/> > > <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.classes.dir}" > > fork="true" > > debug="true" verbose="false"> > > <include name="**/*.java"/> > > <classpath path="${javac.classpath}"/> > > </javac> > > </target> > > > > <target name="build-war"> > > </target> > > > > <target name="install-label-info"> > > <taskdef name="p4NewestLabel" > > classname="com.wamu.ant.perforce.P4NewestLabel"> > > <classpath > path="${build.classes.dir}:${javac.classpath}"/> > > </taskdef> > > <echo message="classpath[${javac.classpath}]"/> > > <p4NewestLabel labelName="label" labelDesc="labelDesc"/> > > </target> > > > > </project> > > ----------------------- > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Scot P. Floess > 27 Lake Royale > Louisburg, NC 27549 > > 252-478-8087 (Home) > 919-754-4592 (Work) > > Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate > Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim > > Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
