----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 7:47 AM
Subject: getting the value of the Target
> Greetings,
>
> I would like to know how to get the value of the incoming target. (i.e for
> "ant clean", I want "clean"). I have searched the -debug output for such a
> property, and I read the section on built-in properties in the manual. But
I
> don't see it. Is it possible???
>
> What I am trying to do is execute a target conditionally based on the
> incoming target name. So that I can skip some intermediate step in a
build.
> Is there a workaround??
>
Even if there was access to such a property you can't perform some action
based on the value of a property - only based on it's existence.
If you want to do something based on the value of a property you need to
write your own task. If you are writing your own task you may get access to
the currently executing target thru your task
(this.getOwningTarget().getName()).
Nico
