On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:41 PM, jonathan doklovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else thought being able to specify wildcards in > the depends attribute of the target would be helpful. > Where I work, we use a lot of build fragments that get imported, and we > would like the ability to allow the developer to add/remove build > funtionality easilt without disrupting the basic workflow. > > essentially something like: > > build.xml imports base-java.xml and java-checkstyle.xml > > base-java.xml: > <target name="pre-compile" depends="java-pre-plugin*,compile" /> > > java-checkstyle.xml > <target name="java-pre-plugin-checkstyle"> ... run checkstyle ... </target> > > This way a developer can add/remove something like checkstyle simply by > adding/removing the import. > This would also allow the developer to use a different syntax checker simply > by the import.
Your syntax is not backward compatible in general, but as Matt writes a custom Executor may enable it specifically for you. BTW your use case would be answered by a proposed extension using new 'before/after' attributes on <target> which was discussed at length a few weeks back. Injecting dependencies that way, a la Maven, would make plugging in things together more easily, and mesh well with <import>. You may have a better chance with before/after than depends="foo*". --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
