<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">GFI MailSecurity's HTML threat engine found HTML scripts in this email and has disabled them.</font></b></p>The <xmlpeek> task is really nice but has one or two wrinkles. I have a few situations where I have to test whether a particular element exists, and in a couple of cases I have to do something when a particular value does *not* exist. In these cases I have to either use the failonerror attribute or the <trycatch> task from NantContrib.
This leads to both build files and logs that are a little cluttered. Therefore, I've written a <Xcript><!-- task that has three (very basic) functions in it: * xml::get-value Get an element's value as a string. Acts in a similar way to the <xmlpeek> task, and was just meant as an alternative to it. Doesn't catch any exceptions. * xml::get-value-without-failing Get an element's value as a string. Acts in a similar way to the <xmlpeek> task if you use failonerror="false", just without the log clutter. Catches all exceptions, so it won't throw an error under any circumstances. * xml::value-exists Returns a bool value indicating whether or not the element exists. This is based on whether SelectSingleNode returns a NullReferenceException. If so, then this function returns a false value (the <xmlpeek> task throws an error). The code for these functions can be found at http://nant.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/User%20submitted%20%3Cscript% 3E%27s (you'll need to scroll down) There's probably more that can be added. If you have any ideas for other functions, feel free to add them or let me know. Regards John ********************************************************************** Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance to it. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Minorplanet Systems Plc shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
