Hi,
Can't wait to see beanshelldef or something equivalent in a new version of ant.
How about this for a task name:
- inlinetypedef
- scripttypedef
or maybe merge the functionality into typedef.
Looking at your example of reflectdef, the only thing I don't like is the line:
hello.class;
I prefer how it is done in beanshelldef with the classname attribute. That is
just my $0.02, so do what you think is best.
For now, I managed to modify beanshelldef to work around the antcall problem.
See the attachment.
Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing future versions of ant.
Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:08 AM
> To: Ant Developers List
> Subject: Re: BeanShellDef - java.lang.LinkageError: duplicate class
> definition: AList
>
>
> Thanks,
> Yes I find it very usefull to write small tasks using beanshelldef.
>
> There is a problem with antcall and beanshelldef.
> The easiest work-around would be to place the definition in an init
> target that gets called only if a property is not defined:
>
> <target name="init-beanshell-tasks" unless="beanshell-tests-defined">
> <beanshelldef .../>
> <property name="beanshell-tasks-defined" value="yes"/>
> </target>
>
> About the beanshelldef, I have found that I can use BSF to do
> this and not
> call beanshell directly. This will mean that the define will
> support any
> BSF language that can export proper java classes and also make the
> ant code independant of linking to beanshell.
>
> The working title is reflectdef:
>
> <reflectdef name="hello" language="beanshell">
> import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
> public class hello extends Task {
> public void execute() {
> log("Hello world");
> }
> }
> hello.class;
> </reflectdef>
>
> <hello/>
>
>
> Currently the only language (I know) that can export a java
> class that
> can be
> reflected is beanshell 2.0b1. It looks like grovvy and pnuts
> may have this
> ability. jython and rhino (As far as I can see) do not.
>
> Peter
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