How can I use <pathconvert> to _change_ the value of ant properties?
If I understand correctly, <pathconvert> only works with <path> types, but not for
<property> types.
Logically:
path foo = pathconvert(${some.property})
is ok,
but
property p = pathconvert(${some.property})
is not.
I.e.. the property should be defined by the converted path:
<property name="converted.path.property" refid="converted.path"/>
where converted.path was munged by the <pathconvert>.
This is something I was considering making a custom "prepare" task, to nab all the
properties from the Project, String.replace('\', '/'), and then reset the property in
the Project.
This also solves the order of evaluation "bootstrap" problem. Ant properties are
immutable, so they would all have to be defined after the <pathconvert> ran from
within a task. However, properties are part of the "global" scope of the ant
build.xml...
cheers,
-josh
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:45 AM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: <replace> in .properties with Windows paths? (/ vs \\)
--- Joshua Kneubuhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw the <pathconvert> task, but it was not clear to me that one could
> pathconvert ant properties (even though a property specifies a path).
To use <pathconvert>, you'd need to set a <path> (or some other datatype
it understands), but you can reference your property(s) in the elements.
Just avoid the whole backslash mess and set all your values using
foreslashes (even for DOS paths), then, when you reference the properties
in attributes/elements that do the right thing, you shouldn't even have to
worry about converting anything (you'd need to <pathconvert> to get path
styles for an OS type you're not currently running under, but that should
be completely doable).
Diane
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