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Yeah, I have tweaked it a bit to support some stuff it didnt out of the
box, it seems to work okay. Everything stays in the jar file but its
executable.

I think they real problem is filelist, and that it delimits by spaces.
Probably a bug there. I am going to see if I can patch the filelist
class to accept a delimiter.

Scot P. Floess wrote:
> 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

Jeremy Weber

2008-05-02