Thanks Brett. I ran some tests specifying expressions in the
project.properties file. It's pretty neat how the properties retain a
reference of some kind instead of resolving at the initial assignment.
For instance:
qb.name=Tommy Maddox
best.qb.ever=${qb.name}
qb.name=Ben Roethlisberger
now best.qb.ever is "Ben Roethlisberger". I see this works now - is
this indended (I'm assuming is must be)? Am I safe in relying on
maven to stay this way?
One more general question. The reason I'm asking is because I'd like
to do the following. Maybe this is way off base and there's a better
way:
command
--------------
maven -Denv=qa jar:jar
maven.xml
----------------
<preGoal name="build:start"> <!-- I think this is always called first -->
<j:choose>
<j:when test="${env == 'qa'}">
<j:set var="basepath" value="~/myproject"/>
...
project.properties
-------------------------
maven.src.dir=${basepath}/src/java
project.xml
-----------------
...
<build>
<sourceDirectory>
this is bogus and will never be used
</sourceDirectory>
Does this make sense? I think this is the best way to be able to flip
things like maven.src.dir by specifying an environment on the command
line.
One more.. I can't find the property that equates to this tag
<unitTestSourceDirectory/>. I checked here:
http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/test/properties.html
and here:
http://maven.apache.org/reference/user-guide.html#Behavioural_Properties
am I just blind or is it not listed?
Thanks,
Ben
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:01:48 +1100, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1) Can I embed jelly in my build.properties files?
>
> The answer to the question you were trying to ask is yes, but to this
> specific one, no. Jelly is the XML scripting, JEXL is the expression
> language used in Jelly. You can use an expression in build.properties,
> but not embed Jelly - just in case you wanted to start doing
> conditionals :)
>
> eg,
> somedir=${basedir}/src
> otherdir=${maven.build.dir}/other
>
> > 2) Is there a goal that occurs before maven loads the properties
> > file. So I could write a <preGoal name="something">
> > <j:if>...
> > ...
> > some.arbitrary.property=qaValue
> > ...
> > some.arbitrary.property=prodValue
>
> No, but the first is nicer and works.
>
> - Brett
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ben
> >
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