I would recommend staying away from <propertyfile> for this kind of thing.
Its complex enough as it is and does not need to be overloaded. It should
simply write a java.util.Properties file - and not involve some facade to
also write XML.
Perhaps it makes sense to have a switch on <propertyfile> that is
'includeAntProperties' that would write them to the properties file too,
though.
Erik
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From: "Albrecht, Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:14 PM
Subject: RE: echoproperties
> I seriously considered this, and whether <echoproperties> should be
> integrated into <propertyfile>. However, it seems that <propertyfile> is
> designed specifically to modify an existing property file, whereas
> <echoproperties> is designed to report a set of properties. At least,
> that's how the documentation makes it look.
>
> The new additions to <echoproperties> seems to add to the task conversion
> and filtering capabilities. To put the conversion into <propertyfile>,
> someone would have to change the "file" attribute to a "srcfile" and
> "destfile" pair. Wouldn't they? Would this be a bad thing? I dunno.
>
> There's definitely going to be overlap between these property-related
tasks.
> I guess it's just a matter of finding into which "sphere of influence"
each
> new feature falls.
>
> -Matt
> Try something new.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:33 PM
> > To: Ant Developers List
> > Subject: Re: echoproperties
> >
> >
> > --- Ingmar J Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I can imagine a single task that reads and writes property files in
> > > either text or XML format.
> >
> > Would it make sense to just enhance <propertyfile> to allow
> > formatting?
> >
> > Diane
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