On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Scot P. Floess<sflo...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > You can probably also script it using beanshell vs writing an external Java > application.
Just a word of warning: To write beanshell scripts, you need to add in bsf.jar and bsh.jar into your $ANT_HOME/lib which makes your build process a bit less portable. See: <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#librarydependencies>. Personally, I prefer a Java program to a Beanshell script. Both are pretty much identical in syntax and effort to write. But unlike Beanshell, the environment here probably already has the tools to compile a Java program and execute it. But, for me, the biggest reason for choosing Java over Beanshell is quite simple: If I use Beanshell, it's part of the build.xml file, and I am the one stuck writing the task and getting blamed when it doesn't work. However, if insist upon a Java program, a developer gets stuck with the task and the blame when it doesn't work. -- David Weintraub qazw...@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
