+0

i've got no need for such a beast, and i don't really recommend much use of
<antcall> either.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Possible new task


> This issue of running targets via <antcall> that have 'depends' set to the
> same target(s) has come up a number of times. The usual workaround
> suggestion is to have the common dependency(s) set a "<targetname>.done"
> property and include an "unless" on it, but this isn't really a very
> elegant solution. Mark McMillan has donated a <do> task, which allows you
> to run other targets without re-running the common dependency(s) for each
> called target. For example:
>   <target name="common">
>     <echo message="Running common..."/>
>   </target>
>
>   <target name="doit">
>     <echo message="Do some tasks..."/>
>     <do target="t1"/>
>     <do target="t2"/>
>   </target>
>
>   <target name="t1" depends="common">
>     <echo message="In t1..."/>
>   </target>
>
>   <target name="t2" depends="common">
>     <echo message="In t2..."/>
>   </target>
>
> $ ant
> doit:
>      [echo] Do some tasks...
>
> common:
>      [echo] Running common...
>
> t1:
>      [echo] Running t1...
>
> t2:
>      [echo] Running t2...
>
> I think this would be a useful task. The code is small, straightforward,
> and wouldn't be likely to add any significant maintenance problems. Any
> objections?
>
> Diane
>
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