>>>>> "PD" == Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
PD> Well strickly speaking I don't think we need it once we have
PD> scripting.
We have.
The example I've posted works with release 1.1 once you have BSF and
Rhino installed. Getting BSF might be kind of a problem at the moment
due to some oddities of their website though.
PD> However it [...] should also be less resource hungry.
Agreed.
PD> <template-target name="template-blah">
PD> <with-param name="someClasspath" />
PD> <with-param name="someVariable" />
PD> <java classpath="${someClasspath}" ... />
PD> <taskA ... />
PD> <taskB ... />
PD> </template-target>
PD> <target name="blah" template="template-blah" >
PD> <with-param name="someClasspath" value="myJar.jar" />
PD> <with-param name="someVariable" value="1"/>
PD> </target>
PD> However I figure that would be shouted down because it *could* be
PD> complex.
Hmm, this is not my main problem, but also that I don't think we need
a fifth way to achieve that.
[I'm now going to demonstrate four ways, three of them already
possible - don't read on if not interested.]
<target name="template_blah">
<java id="template_blah_javac"
classpath="${propertyname-with-no-value-in-project}" />
</target>
<target name="blah">
<ant target="template_blah" antfile="${ant.file}">
<property name="propertyname-with-no-value-in-project" value="myJar.jar" />
</ant>
</target>
is possible (the dir attribute defaults to "."). Maybe add ant-call
with a nested param instead of property and neither dir nor antfile
attributes.
<target name="blah">
<ant-call target="template_blah">
<param name="propertyname-with-no-value-in-project" value="myJar.jar" />
</ant-call>
</target>
Should be quite readable and is even less verbose than the XSLT like
way.
<target name="blah">
<script><![CDATA[
template_blah_javac.setClasspath("myJar.jar");
template_blah.execute();
]]></script>
</target>
doesn't necessary use more resources as it runs in the same project
and doesn't use a sub build. It might be less readable and be saved
for more difficult cases, as well as
<taskdef name="call_blah_template" classname="CallBlah" />
<target name="blah">
<call_blah_template classpath="myJar.jar" />
</target>
with CallBlah.java
public class CallBlah {
private Path classpath;
public void setClasspath(Path p) {
classpath = p;
}
public void execute throws BuildException {
Javac j = (Javac) project.getReferences().get("template_blah_javac");
j.setClasspath(classpath);
Target t = (Target) project.getTargets().get("template_blah");
t.execute();
}
}
