Sounds like it'd be easier to update a file they fill in in the correct format, i.e. maven will generate pieces of the file and they can then add their own pieces after.
If it's arbitrary stuff, I'd much rather they updated a generated file. What do you think? -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers Jim Birchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/09/2002 10:56:21 AM: > > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Jim Birchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/09/2002 09:37:18 AM: > > > > > Can I have something likke this? > > > > > > maven.jnlp.property=foo,bar > > > maven.jnlp.property=foo.baz > > > maven.jnlp.property=bar.baz > > > > Well, no, because properties are like variables - the name must be unique. > > The above simply assigns three different values to the same property > > 'maven.jnlp.property' in sequence. > > That's what I thought, but thought you had something in mind...;-) > > > > > > > > > then somehow do > > > for allProperties { > > > handle prop? > > > } > > > > > > If possible, can you send me soemthing showing how to do this? > > > > How about you tell me what you're trying to do, and we try working out a > > way of doing it. > > What I need to do is allow people to put a variable number of things in > the properties file(or somewhere. The best (but ugly) solution I have is > something like this: > > maven.jnlp.property.number=2 > maven.jnlp.property.name.1=foo > maven.jnlp.property.value.1=bar > maven.jnlp.property.name.2=bar > maven.jnlp.property.value.2=baz > > Then write a Jelly tag that looks similar to: > > <jnlp:propertyIterator > propertyName="maven.jnlp.property"/> > > And this tag looked up $propertyName.number, loops over $propertyName.name > and $propertyName.value and printed out the appropriate tag. > > I remember doing some serious ugly stuff in properties files several years > ago, hence my appreciation for XML based property files. > > Do you see a better approach for this? > > Jim > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Jim > > -- > > dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting > > Work: http://www.multitask.com.au > > Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
