Hi Vimil,

Thanks for the feedback.  Any specifics on just how to do what you mention 
(even if untested)?

Thanks again,
Steve Amerige
SAS Institute, Deployment Software Development

On 11/3/2011 9:55 AM, Vimil Saju wrote:
I think you can use the scriptdef task to do this. You can write a script 
within the scriptdef object to access the methods of the project object. The 
project object has methods to list the targets defined under the project, which 
you can use to test if a given target exists.
Btw antcall does not launch a new jvm, it only reloads the build.xml.


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From: Steve Amerige<steve.amer...@sas.com>
To: Ant Users List<user@ant.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 4:52 AM
Subject: Checking if a Target Exists

Hi all,

I want to be able to check if a target exists and hope you can help.  I'm 
looking for a generic solution that doesn't rely any knowledge of the target 
name to be checked.  It is not possible to modify the target code.  And, I'd 
like to avoid any solutions that cause the entire JVM to be loaded (e.g., as 
with antcall).

My environment is Ant 1.7 and allows for the use of Ant-Contrib and Groovy.

Any ideas on how to do this?  Even better, any solutions anyone have to share?!

Thanks,
Steve Amerige
SAS Institute, Deployment Software Development

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