Christian, You are on the right track. The only reason you have a problem is that you include the target twice in build1.xml and build2.xml.
I use a similar approach to manage build files for a project with multiple versions. Use one entity (your include.xml) for targets common across versions and another set of entities for the targets that are version specific. Then write a build-1.xml and build-2.xml, build-3.xml, etc.for each version doing two entity includes in each: one for common targets, and another for version specific targets. You can then launch ant using the -buildfile option or write your own ant runner to make the switch for you on the basis of a property file. (I have enclosed an example.) John-Mason Shackelford Software Developer NCS Pearson - Measurement Services 2510 North Dodge St. Iowa City, IA 52245 319-354-9200x6214 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Christian Holmqvist, IT, Posten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:53 AM To: 'Ant Users List' Subject: Overload?! Hi My situation is that I have made a include.xml file with a number of targets that is correct for 95% of our projects. The problem is the last 5%. So my question is: Is there any way to overload a target with Ant? This is how I would like it to work: ---- include.xml -------- <target name="compile"> <echo message="foo"/> </target> ---- build.xml ---- <!DOCTYPE project [ <!ENTITY include SYSTEM "file:./include.xml"> ]> <project name="test" default="compile" basedir="."> &include; </project> <!-- in this file the compile in include.xml will be executed --> ----- build1.xml ----- <!DOCTYPE project [ <!ENTITY include SYSTEM "file:./include.xml"> ]> <project name="test" default="compile" basedir="."> &include; <target name="compile"> <echo message="bar"/> </target> </project> <!-- in this file the compile in include.xml will be executed --> ------- build2.xml -------------- <!DOCTYPE project [ <!ENTITY include SYSTEM "file:./include.xml"> ]> <project name="test" default="compile" basedir="."> <target name="compile" <echo message="bar"/> </target> &include; </project> <!-- in this file the compile in build2.xml will be executed --> -------------------------------------- When this is done today ant tells med that compile is duplicated (or something like that). Is there a way around this?? Thanks for your time! Cheers Christian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> **************************************************************************** This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, Please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ****************************************************************************
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