Hi,
i believe it's cause you're using the
antcontrib.properties, which was the old way for
mapping the taskdefs to the corresponding classes.
by default the antcontrib.properties looks like =
...
# Tasks Requiring Ant 1.6 or higher
#for=net.sf.antcontrib.logic.For
math=net.sf.antcontrib.math.MathTask
which means the mapping for= ...
is switched off by the leading #
so the for task can't be created.
When using antcontrib with ant 1.6.x you should use antlib.xml.
my settings here =
i have all extra tasks including antcontrib.jar in a directory
ant_extralibs
i have the line set ANT_ARGS=-lib path\to\ant_extralibs in my
ANT_HOME/bin/ant.bat
so i can use
<!-- Import AntContrib -->
<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
in my antscript.If you don't bother about keeping the ant/lib dir clean,
you may also put the antcontrib.jar into ANT_HOME/lib
alternative (no editing of ANT_HOME/bin/ant.bat, no antcontrib in
ANT_HOME/lib)
you use =
!-- Import AntContrib -->
<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="path/to/antcontrib.jar"/>
</classpath>
</taskdef>
and the <for> task should work.
Regards, Gilbert
-----Original Message-----
From: Frederic Chalons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 4:05 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Can't use FOR Task from contrib while FOREACH works fine !?
Hi,
I would like to use "for task" from the contrib (currently under
Windows)
I quite confused since I am able to invoked the foreach task (target
"run-each") with no problem.
However the target "run" fails and is a copy/paste of the first exampe
at:
http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/tasks/tasks/for.html
I get the following reply:
/ could not create task of type of type: for/
Do I need to perform any further configuration beside setting the PATH
and defining the resource task?
Thanks,
Fred
Ant File used:
/<project default="run">/
/ <property environment="env" />/
/ <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties">/
/ <classpath>/
/ <pathelement
location="${env.ANTCONTRIB_HOME}/lib/ant-contrib.jar" />/
/ </classpath>/
/ </taskdef>/
/ /
/ <target name="run">/
/ <for list="a,b,c,d,e" param="letter">/
/ <sequential>/
/ <echo>Letter @{letter}</echo>/
/ </sequential>/
/ </for>/
/ </target>/
/ /
/ <target name="run-each">/
/ <foreach list="a,b,c,d,e" param="letter" target="print"/>/
/ </target>/
/ <target name="print">/
/ <echo>${letter}</echo>/
/ </target>/
/</project>/
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