Add to your build.xml assuming your file.properties is at ${basedir}
<property file="file.properties" />
Then in your target do
wsdl=${PROVISIONING_SERVICE_WSDL_URL}
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Again, I really appreciate all the advice I'm getting, but being so
> inexperienced with Ant, I'm still missing the solution.
>
> The properties file I refer to is not in any way related to my Ant tasks.
> But it does contain a URL I would like to use in my Ant script, so I can
> keep that URL in one place.
>
> So what are the commands/XML to extract the key in the following key-value
> pair ...
>
> PROVISIONING_SERVICE_WSDL_URL=
> http://99.99.99.99:9999/ProvisioningAccountService/ProvisioningAccountService?WSDL
>
> in my "file.properties" file that will allow me to plug in that URL into
> the "wsdl" attribute of my "<clientgen>" task?
>
> Thanks, - Dave
>
>
>
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: [email protected]
> > Subject: AW: Reading a property from a file
> > Sent: Feb 19 '09 06:16
> >
> > <property> is a task as all others, therefore you can use that
> everywhere. If your properties file contains 'just' properties for that
> generation, placing the task just in front of the <clientgen> is a good
> idea.
> > Usually you have a build.properties with all properties for the build,
> like java source directory, javac target, etc. Then a common place is
> directly under <project>.
> >
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
> > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > >Von: [email protected]
> > >[mailto:[email protected]]
> > >Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009 19:26
> > >An: Ant Users List
> > >Betreff: Re: Reading a property from a file
> > >
> > >Thanks for your reply. Regarding the property file directive,
> > >"<property>", where are you actually loading the property
> > >"PROVISIONING_SERVICE_WSDL_URL" from the file and assigning it
> > >to a variable?
> > >
> > > - Dave
> > >
> > >> -------Original Message-------
> > >> From: David Weintraub <[email protected]>
> > >> Subject: Re: Reading a property from a file
> > >> Sent: Feb 18 '09 18:10
> > >>
> > >> What about <property file="Property_File_Name"/> ?
> > >>
> > >> What I normally do is something like this:
> > >>
> > >> <property name="property.file"
> > >> value="${basedir}/default_property_file_name.properties"/>
> > >> <property file=${property.file}"/>
> > >>
> > >> That way, I can put the property file name on the command line, or
> > >> read in the default property file if it exists.
> > >>
> > >> You can also override any property setting in your
> > >build.xml by simply
> > >> placing it on the command line:
> > >>
> > >> So do this:
> > >>
> > >> <target name="gen-web-svc-client-jar">
> > >> <property name="provisioning.service.wsdl.file"
> > >>
> > >name="${basedir}/wsdl_files/ProvisioningService.wsdl
> > >> <clientgen
> > >>
> > >wsdl="${provisioning.service.wsdl.file}"
> > >>
> > >> destFile="${deployment}/APP-INF/lib/ProvisioningServiceClient.jar"
> > >>
> > >> packageName="com.myco.nps.regui.provisioning.client"
> > >> serviceName="ProvisioningService"
> > >> ....
> > >>
> > >> Then you can do this on the command line:
> > >>
> > >> $ ant
> > >-Dprovisioning.service.wsdl.file=http://99.99.99.99:9999/Provis
> > >ioningAccountService/ProvisioningAccountService?WSDL
> > >>
> > >> The <property> task that sets provisioning.service.wsdl.file will be
> > >> overridden by the command line setting.
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:17 PM,
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm uisng Ant 1.6. I have this target ...
> > >> >
> > >> > <target name="gen-web-svc-client-jar">
> > >> > <clientgen
> > >> >
> > >wsdl="${basedir}/wsdl_files/ProvisioningService.wsdl"
> > >> >
> > >destFile="${deployment}/APP-INF/lib/ProvisioningServiceClient.jar"
> > >> >
> > >packageName="com.myco.nps.regui.provisioning.client"
> > >> >
> > >serviceName="ProvisioningService"
> > >> > classpath="${java.class.path}"
> > >> > >
> > >> > <classpath>
> > >> > <path refid="project.class.path" />
> > >> > </classpath>
> > >> > </clientgen>
> > >> > </target>
> > >> >
> > >> > For the property,
> > >'wsdl="${basedir}/wsdl_files/ProvisioningService.wsdl"', I
> > >would prefer to read this property out of a properties file I
> > >have, which has the line ...
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >PROVISIONING_SERVICE_WSDL_URL=http://99.99.99.99:9999/Provision
> > >ingAccountService/ProvisioningAccountService?WSDL
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > How can I tell ant to get the value from there?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks, - Dave
> > >> >
> > >> >
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> > >> [email protected]
> > >>
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