Thanks to Peter and Chris. Option B looks good to me
as well... this can also be called beta1 behavior,
which is less error-prone/confusing with macrodef
elements, for one thing. Incidentally I'd probably
use the first example more often than not.
-Matt
--- Christopher Lenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Benson wrote:
> > --- peter reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>For example:
> >>
> >><project
> xmlns:antcontrib="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
> >> xmlns:acme="antlib:org.acme.anttasks">
> >> <target name="show">
> >> <antcontrib:if>
> >> <antcontrib:or>
> >> <antcontrib:equals arg1="yes"
> arg2="${prop}"/>
> >> <acme:fileready file="${file}"/>
> >> </antcontrib:or>
> >> <antcontrib:then>
> >> <echo>The arguments are equal</echo>
> >> </antcontrib:then>
> >> </antcontrib:if>
> >> </target>
> >></project>
> >
> > Okay, how about redoing the same example with:
> >
> > <antcontrib:if
> xmlns="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib">
> > ...
> > </antcontrib:if>
> >
> > or will that syntax be available at all?
>
> That should be:
>
> <if xmlns="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib">
> ...
> </if>
>
> because the prefix mapping applies to the element it
> is defined on, in
> addition to all child elements (as long as not
> overridden).
>
> If you want child elements from the Ant core
> namespace, you'd need to map
> that to a prefix, so the complete example would look
> like this:
>
> <project xmlns:acme="antlib:org.acme.anttasks">
> <target name="show">
> <if xmlns="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
> xmlns:ant="antlib:org.apache.tools.ant">
> <or>
> <equals arg1="yes" arg2="${prop}"/>
> <acme:fileready file="${file}"/>
> </or>
> <then>
> <ant:echo>The arguments are
> equal</ant:echo>
> </then>
> </if>
> </target>
> </project>
>
> Of course using a shorter prefix like 'ac' instead
> of 'antcontrib' also
> helps to reduce verbosity ;-)
>
> BTW, my non-binding +1 to option b).
>
> -chris
>
>
>
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