It is a good point! Http task is one of the core conditions that can be used as a nested element in condition task. FYI: http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/conditions.html
However I do not know why it is not listed in the manual as a core task :) May be it is because of being a nested element for condition task (core condition). Emir M Bahsi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which task? Ant Core doesnt have one. Jan >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Emir Mahmut BAHSI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. Juli 2007 00:27 >An: Ant Users List >Betreff: RE: while-like structure in Ant > >Sorry everybody for the late replay. I am trying to implement >that while structure as I explained before. I am using >javascript for that. However, I can not create a http task in >javascript code. That part of the code is: > >myhttp = project.createTask("http"); >myhttp.setUrl("a url address"); > >The error is: javax.script.ScriptException: >sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.EcmaError: TypeError: >Cannot call method "setUrl" of null <#5> in > at line number 5 > >Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. > >Emir Mahmut Bahsi > > > > > > >"Rebhan, Gilbert" wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Xavier Hanin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:17 AM >To: Ant Users List >Subject: Re: while-like structure in Ant > >On 5/10/07, Emir Mahmut BAHSI wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I have been working on conditional structures and loop structures on >> existing workflow managers for a long time. For this purpose I have >> implemented two simple examples for if-type and switch-type cases >(examples >> are attached). In these examples my program is simply downloading a >file. If >> that file does not exist in the first web address it tries another >address. >> However, I could not implement a loop structure for that. In the loop >case >> the program should try the same address until the file exists. >Actually I >> know this is not a reasonable and useful scenario but I just want to >show >> whether a conditional-loop scenario can be implemented in Ant. >> >> Can u suggest me anything to implement that example. Any help is >> appreciated. > >/* >The ant-contrib project is providing conditional tasks which may help, >but >if you want to have your own syntax and the very specific url >availability >as a condition (like you wrote), maybe using a script (using scriptdef >for >example) would be a good fit. >*/ > >+1 > >i would go via and a scripting language running in >BSF >(JRuby, Groovy, Beanshell ... ) > >or use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >see = >http://groovy.codehaus.org/ >http://www.bytemycode.com/snippets/snippet/475/ > >Regards, Gilbert > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >--------------------------------- >Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your >pocket: mail, news, photos & more. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.
