> property task would allow decraration of single name and value. However I > would like to have a property which is like java hash map or String[][] > double array. Is there a direct way to have such properties..(not looking to > use groovey or some other script)
As Ant is not a programming language there is no support for that. As described in http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html#ret urning-list you can create your own list-syntax and parse that. E.g: a=1;b=2;c=3 --> split on ';' for separating the key-value-pairs --> then split on '=' for separating the keys from their values > Also, what is the way to have macro's defined so that it accepts such array > attributes. I am ware of macros which only take attribute which is not an array. With the your own syntax you just have a normal property which you can pass in. But I would suggest using <scriptdef> instead of <macrodef> as you can use language split- and loop-functions. But better would be implementing the task in Java as you can support you need natively <my:replace file=""> <param search="foo" replace="bar"/> <param search="hello" replace="world"/> </my:replace> public class ReplaceTask extends Task { public void setFile(java.io.File file) { ... } public void add(Param p) { paramList.add(p); } class Param { public setSearch(String s) { ... } public setReplace(String r) { ... } } } Jan > > I am writing this in the context of writing a macro, which > does replacing of > certain set of key value pairs in a given file. > > Regards, > Nagendra > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Decrare-a-property-array-tp17281261p1728 1261.html > Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
