Andrew:
Namespace isn't really an issue...I just like using it ;) I think it
makes it clearer where things originate...
Anyway...
I did figure out a way to do what I had intended. I am actually able to
download Ant contrib dynamically, install it and then use it... If you
are interested in my solution, I'd be happy to share that with you...
Andrew n marshall wrote:
>
> I am also trying to develop something like what Scot described and
> running into similar problems. However, I am not using the namespace
> notation. My version looks something like this:
>
> <target name="update" depends="define_svnant_tasks">
> <svn>
> <checkout url="${cpptasks.svn}" destPath="${cpptasks.dir}" />
> </svn>
> </target>
>
> <target name="define_svnant_tasks">
> <!-- Using ant-contrib's antfetch task to call targets and import
> resulting classpath -->
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"/>
> <antfetch antfile="svnant.xml" target="define_svnant_classpath"
> return="svnant.classpath"/>
> <taskdef resource="svntask.properties">
> <classpath>
> <pathelement path="${svnant.classpath}" />
> </classpath>
> </taskdef>
> <echo>Defined <svn> task</echo>
> </target>
>
>
> I currently get the following error:
>> define_svnant_classpath:
>> [echo] Defined <svn> task
>>
>> update:
>>
>> BUILD FAILED
>> /Users/Anm/Projects/Development/ant_cpp_skeleton/lib/cpptasks.xml:19:
>>
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>> org/tigris/subversion/javahl/ClientException
>
>
> Matt Benson wrote:
>> In Ant's distro (I think, else in SVN HEAD) you can check out the
>> cooperation between fetch.xml and get-m2.xml . This does something
>> like what you're talking about.
> The main difference I see is the use of import. Instead, I avoid the
> polluting the namespace by just <antfetch>ing the classpath before
> defining the task. Still, the task definition is missing in the
> depending target.
>
>
>
> Anm
>
>
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