Ant carries around two collections of properties.
Properties from -D/-propertyfile are immutable (even moreso than they should
be in the <ant> case, I think). For some reason these are called "user"
properties (I guess because the user set them specifically).
Properties set with <property> are mostly immutable, but can be overridden
using an <available> backdoor (and I believe <condition>), and also with
<ant>/<antcall>. These are just regular propeties, no special name for this
class of them.
I may have misspoke this somewhat as I have to continuously refresh my
memory on the caveats of the immutability since I've refused to ingrain such
confusing things into memory! :) Corrections to this are more than
welcome.
Erik
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From: "Michael J McGonagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: test environment variable and if statement
> Erik Hatcher wrote:
> >
> > Also, just for the record :), properties set from the command-line are
not
> > quite equivalent to properties set from <property file="..."/>. -D
> > properties (and now -propertyfile ones) are more(?) immutable.
>
> That is quite a large cat to just let out of the bag without
> explaination, especially for us newbies.
>
> What do you mean by "more(?) immutable".
>
>
> Mike
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