That is definitly doable, but would be nicer to just specify it once and
be doen with it.  If I can't find a solution here pretty soon, I can just
do that.

Jim



On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 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?
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> 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
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