Hi, As usual the easiest way works. I've loaded the property file as suggested below.
Many thanks, Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 April 2007 09:53 To: [email protected] Subject: AW: Verifying if a property is present in a property file The easiest way is loading the property file ... <property file="" prefix="tmp"/> <target name="merge" if="tmp.TheMagicProperty"> ... </target> Alternatively you could search for the string "TheMagicProperty=" in the file ... Jan >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Tim Culhane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. April 2007 10:28 >An: [email protected] >Betreff: Verifying if a property is present in a property file > >Hi, > >I am writing a target which merges property values from the >property file >into another file which is then used when building my application. The >target should only get executed if the specific property is >present in the >property file. > >The target which does the merging is dependant on another target, named >merge-check, which should verify that the required property is present >in the property file. Merge-check should set an internal property, >named something like merge-check-ok, if the property is present. >In the target doing the merge, we can then check the property >merge-check-ok >using the if clause. > >However, I don't know how to check the property file for a specific >property. I've tried using a condition, and using the loadproperties >and filterchain as in the bwlow example: > > > <target name="config-address-check" depends="config-merge-check" > if="ok-merge-config"> > <condition property="ok-address-config"> > <loadproperties srcfile="build.properties"> > <filterchain> > <linecontains> > <contains value="bind.ip.address"/> > </linecontains> > </filterchain> > </loadproperties> > </condition> > </target> > >But the condition task does not support loadproperties. > >Can anybody tell me how I can verify if a property exists, and >hence let the >script know of this? > >Thanks, > >Tim > >------------------------- >Tim Culhane, >Critical Path Ireland, >42-47 Lower Mount Street, >Dublin 2. >Direct line: 353-1-2415107 >phone: 353-1-2415000 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.criticalpath.net > >Critical Path >a global leader in digital communications >------------------------ > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
