Antcontrib has a Math Task to add and variables that can change their value.
It also has a for task.

http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/tasks/tasks/index.html


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Von: Ivar Bratberg [mailto:Ivar.Bratberg@(protected)]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. August 2008 14:22
An: Ant Users List
Betreff: variables or a counter ?

Hi,
I have the following problem I try to solve in ant.
I should check a www server for a certain result each minute.
I should keep on checking until a desired result is given ( the file downloaded should exceed a certain limit ) In addition it should have a kind of timeout so it it will return if it has tried too many times.


I I have made a ant macro which calls itself recursively since there is
no <while> task
I have also access to a <if> task so I manage to check if I have got the
wanted result


But as mentioned I would like to have a timeout, by counting up a
parameter which is given to the recursive macro.
Is this possible ?
I have not seen any <add> or <math> task.

Do some of you have better suggestions for solving this ?
Note, I cannot use <waitfor> task, because I have to check not only for
error code on the response, but the text itself( I manage whith checking
the length of the file downloaded >

To summarize my questions:

- Can I add to variables/properties and but the result in a third
property ?
- Is there a better way than recursive macro to achieve the effect of
<while> looping ?

Ivar



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