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I just (really quickly) looked at the link. That's pretty darn cool. I
hadn't heard of that project :)

So, are you unpacking the jar file first?

I thought Ant dealt with the Windows file system (and spaces)
correctly? I don't run Windows at all so this is all an assumption on
my part ;)

Jeremy Weber wrote:
> I guess I could try convert the value of the property, but I'd rather
> not.
> Yes, all build artifacts are actually in a jar file. Its basically, a
> customized version of http://antinstaller.sourceforge.net/.
> I am still thinking that creating my own custom task would be helpful,
> just cant figure out how to added a fileset to the project class.
>
> Scot P. Floess wrote:
>> I see...
>>
>> Have you considered using escape characters where the spaces are in
>> the property?
>>
>> So, curious, you are using build.xml's in a jar file?
>>
>> Or, do you extract from the jar file and then use those files?
>>
>> Jeremy Weber wrote:
>>> Sure does, filelist accepts a set of files delimited by a space...
>>> So when a path has a space it doesnt behave. Have used ant-contrib
>>> plenty of times in the past, buts that not an option. The kicker is
>>> this isnt a normal ant environment, but actually all the build
>>> files, etc are in a jar when they are executed. Although I havent
>>> tried ant-contrib, this environment causes problems with similiar
>>> tasks ant-call, ant, etc.
>>>
>>> Scot P. Floess wrote:
>>>> OK I think I see the problem. It breaks down due to the space?
>>>>
>>>> Have you looked at Ant Contrib?
>>>>
>>>> They have a <for> task that may help you. It uses delimiters - in
>>>> this case you can define the delimiter as a comma. You might also
>>>> want to define in a macrodef (sorry I am a huge huge fan of
>>>> macrodefs)...
>>>>
>>>> <macrodef name="copy-files" description = "Will copy files
>>>> contained in @{property} to dir @{to-dir} storing all the files in
>>>> ref id @{id}">
>>>> <attribute name="property" description="Property that contains
>>>> all files to copy"/>
>>>> <attribute name="id" description="Path id reference once files
>>>> copied"/>
>>>> <attribute name="to-dir" description="Directory to copy files"/>
>>>> <attribute name="delim" default="," description = "Delimiter
>>>> used in @{property}"/>
>>>>
>>>> <sequence>
>>>> <mkdir dir="@(protected)}"/>
>>>>
>>>> <for list="${@(protected)}">
>>>> <sequential>
>>>> <copy file = "@(protected)}"/>
>>>> </sequential>
>>>> </for>
>>>>
>>>> <path id="@(protected)}">
>>>> <fileset dir="@(protected)}"/>
>>>> </path>
>>>> </sequence>
>>>> </macrodef>
>>>>
>>>> Keep in mind, I just whipped this out ;)
>>>>
>>>> To use:
>>>>
>>>> <property name="jdbc.jar" value="C:\Documents and
>>>> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc.jar,C:\Documents and
>>>> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc_license_cu.jar"/>
>>>>
>>>> <copy-files property="jdbc.jar" id = "copied.files" to-dir =
>>>> "new-directory"/>
>>>>
>>>> Note that property attribute simply lists the property name...not
>>>> using the dollar notation as that is taken care of in the <for>
>>>> task via ${@(protected)}}
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>>
>>>> Flossy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jeremy Weber wrote:
>>>>> Not sure that accomplishes what I need to do. The problem I wish
>>>>> to solve is this:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a property that equates to this:
>>>>>
>>>>> <property name="jdbc.jar" value="C:\Documents and
>>>>> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc.jar,C:\Documents and
>>>>> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc_license_cu.jar"/>
>>>>>
>>>>> The value of this property is variable.
>>>>>
>>>>> I then have a couple of tasks that perform the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> <copy toDir=".tmp_cp" overwrite="true" failonerror="false">
>>>>> <filelist files="${jdbc.jar}" />
>>>>> <flattenmapper/>
>>>>> </copy>
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> <path id="sql.cp">
>>>>> <fileset dir=".tmp_cp"/>
>>>>> </path>*
>>>>> *
>>>>> This all works great (although not so straight forward), until
>>>>> there is a space in one of the paths in jdbc.jar property. If you
>>>>> have another approach I'd be willing to try but I dont think your
>>>>> suggest will work for this.
>>>>> *
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *
>>>>>
>>>>> Scot P. Floess wrote:
>>>>>> Have you considered using a macrodef and elements?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe something like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <macrodef name="my-macro">
>>>>>> <attribute name="id"/>
>>>>>> <element name="includes"/>
>>>>>> <sequential>
>>>>>> <path id="@(protected)}">
>>>>>> <includes/>
>>>>>> </path>
>>>>>> </sequential>
>>>>>> </macrodef>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then you can supply whatever you want in <includes> as long as it
>>>>>> adheres to <path> allowances....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeremy Weber wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have created dozen of custom tasks before, but find myself
>>>>>>> struggling with this one. I wish to create a task that does the
>>>>>>> following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Accepts a file attribute to represent the absolute path of a
>>>>>>> file contains comma separated absolute paths.
>>>>>>> a. this file name will be read in, parsed and each file
>>>>>>> found will be added to a fileset object, which in term is added
>>>>>>> to a resources object.
>>>>>>> 2. Accepts a id property
>>>>>>> a. this id will be the id of the resource created in step 1a.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So essentially I want...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <csvtofileset file="csv.file.name" id="some.id.name">
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am unclear on how to add the fileset i create in my code to
>>>>>>> the project. Additionally I am unsure of how to assign this an
>>>>>>> 'id' that I can reference elsewhere. Basically what I want to
>>>>>>> be able to do is create a collection of files on the fly which I
>>>>>>> can reference on the fly. Essentially in the following
>>>>>>> snippet, the resources element would be replaced by my new task
>>>>>>> element
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <project name="test" basedir="." default="test">
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <resources id="fsd">
>>>>>>> <fileset file="c:\temp\db2_test\db2jcc.jar" />
>>>>>>> <fileset file="c:\temp\db2_test\db2jcc_license_cu.jar" />
>>>>>>> </resources>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <csvtofileset file="csv.file.name" id="fsd">
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <target name="test">
>>>>>>> <copy toDir="c:\temp\ failonerror="true">
>>>>>>> <resources refid="fsd"/>
>>>>>>> </copy>
>>>>>>> </target>
>>>>>>> </project>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any help at all would be appreciated.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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Re: Programmatically create a fileset and reference

Scot P. Floess

2008-05-02