Hi Manik -
I would suggest using antcall tasks in your script loop. For example:
<project name="projectName" default="main">
<target name="echo">
<echo message="This is my task to be repeated" />
</target>
<target name="script>
<script language="javascript">
for (i=0; i<10; i++)
{
antcallTask = projectName.createTask('antcall');
main.addTask(antcallTask);
// if needed
antcallTask.init(); // this is required to pass params
aParam = antcallTask.createParam();
aParam.setName('foo');
aParam.setValue('bar');
}
</script>
</target>
<target name="main" depends="script"/>
</project>
We are doing something similar to this in our build and it works quite
well. I did have some difficulties getting parameter passing to work,
and I don't recall whether the code I gave above is exactly right.
Good luck!
Peter
Manik Surtani wrote:
>
> Hello, all.
>
> I have noticed a problem with ant, and that is performing loops.
>
> If I want a set of tasks to repeat several times based on a set of
> properties, the only way I can do this is using the <script> tags, and
> perform the loops in javascript.
>
> Also, it is not possible to use the <script> tags to envelope a set of
> tasks to loop through, such as:
>
> <script language="javascript">
> for (i=0; i<10; i++)
> {
> </script>
>
> <echo message="This is my task to be repeated" />
>
> <script language="javascript">
> }
> </script>
>
> Instead, I have to create and execute the task in Javascript, which
> really takes away from the whole ANT XML build script thing.
>
> My current J2EE build script runs almost everything in a loop, so this
> means almost the entire build.xml is just Javascript!!
>
> Is there an alternate way to do this?
>
> Also, who is the maintainer of the <script> tasks? I am keen to know if
> such functionality (as described above) could be possible - I am
> volunteering to help develop the <script> task, but I need to get more
> famniliar with the task first.
>
> Cheers,
>
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