How about this technique instead?
http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/faq.html#faq2
Stephane Chauvin wrote:
Hi all,
I propose a FilterReader named 'CommentOut' that puts in comment a line or a block for Java, HTML/XML/XSLT and JSP files. A tag in the code with a condition will enable or disable the line conversion.
Here's an example how the CommentOut FilterReader works: <filterreader classname="org.apache.tools.ant.filters.CommentOut"> <param name="condition" value="debug"/> </filterreader>
If the source code is: log("-->method()"); // @IF_LINE@ debug <!-- @IF_BLOCK@ debug --> <myXMLtag attribute="test"/>
The result is: // log("-->method()"); // @IF_LINE@ debug <!-- @IF_BLOCK@ debug <myXMLtag attribute="test"/>
My motivation was to remove the debugging methods for the release code compilation because they may slow down the runtime, and to not provide a part of a code, depending if it is a customer release or a demo release. A solution was to do a compilation directive. I extended the idea to the other file types. Also, the FilterReader checks first if the line/block was already enabled, and is able to disable it. It means that the conversion is reversible.
Please see the documentation for more examples and for a table with the different conversions. The code is compiling with the JDK1.1.8. A TestCase parses a file that contains about 115 conditions.
Your feedback is very much appreciated, Stephane.
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