Excellent. It threw me for a while when you accidently used the "value" attribute instead of the "path" attribute, but this looks like I could get some mileage out of it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Agnew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can do this with <xmltask> and the <call> instruction. > Using <call> > you can call a subtarget setting properties etc. as required. > > e.g. some pseudocode if your ejb requirements, names etc. are > specced in > an xml file called ejbs.xml > > <xmltask source="ejbs.xml"> > <call path="/ejbs/ejb" target="build-ejb-jar"> > <param name="ejb-name" value="@name"/> > </call> > </xmltask> > > Of course the above depends on the precise specification of > your input > XML file. > > http://www.oopsconsultancy.com/software/xmltask/ > > Brian > > Karr, David wrote: > > >Using Ant 1.5.4 and JDK 1.4.2 (No flexibility here). > > > >I have a complex series of build operations I want to perform, > >concerning an ejb-jar and an input XML file. I'm looking for some > >advice on what tools and pieces I can use to get this done. > > > >My input will be an ejb-jar file and an XML file describing > what I need > >to produce. For each of a particular element in the XML > file, I will > >produce a "clone" ejb-jar where the ejb-jar.xml file is identical to > >the original except the "ejb-name" element will have a > prefix added to > >it, and several environment entries will be added. > > > >This would be straightforward in pure Java, but I'm trying to do as > >much of this with Ant and xslt as possible. Some pieces of this are > >straightforward with Ant, but some of the structural > elements are not. > >I think the hard part is parsing the XML file to determine > exactly what > >information to set in the cloned ejb-jar.xml file, and doing > this in a > >loop (essentially). > > > >Would adding Beanshell (through BSF through Ant) make this easier to > >accomplish? I've only briefly looked at this. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Brian Agnew http://www.oopsconsultancy.com > OOPS Consultancy Ltd brian @ oopsconsultancy.com > Tel: +44 (0)7720 397526 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8682 0012 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
