> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>
> <project name="ant_dev_problem" default="build">
> <scriptdef name="beanSetProperty" language="beanshell">
> <!-- setProperty appears *not* to respect Ant's property,
> immutability. Appears to be a change in 1.7.0.
> Note that setNewProperty *does* respect immutability -->
> <attribute name="name"/>
> <attribute name="value"/>
> <![CDATA[
> String n = attributes.get("name");
> String v = attributes.get("value");
> project.setProperty(n, v);
> ]]>
> </scriptdef>
>
>
>
> <macrodef name="a">
> <attribute name="module"/>
> <sequential>
> <beanSetProperty name="myvalue" value="@{module}" />
> <echo>inside macro: ${myvalue}</echo>
>
> </sequential>
> </macrodef>
>
> <target name="build">
> <a module="venus"/>
> <echo>outside macro: ${myvalue}</echo>
> <a module="mars"/>
> <echo>outside macro: ${myvalue}</echo>
> </target>
> </project>
>
> $ ant -q
> [echo] inside macro: venus
> [echo] outside macro: venus
> [echo] inside macro: mars
> [echo] outside macro: mars
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
> Total time: 0 seconds
Your solution works only on sequential processing. If I run the task
in parallel, I get unexpected result:
<target name="build">
<parallel>
<a module="venus"/>
<echo>outside macro: ${myvalue}</echo>
<a module="mars"/>
<echo>outside macro: ${myvalue}</echo>
</parallel>
</target>
--
Best regards,
Chau Chee Yang
E Stream Software Sdn Bhd
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