Great, thanks!

Jake

On 10-08-20 05:07 PM, Peter Reilly wrote:
> you can use<local> from ant 1.8 onwards.
>           <local name="target-test-path"/>
>           <pathconvert property="target-test-path">
>             <path path="@(protected)}"/>
>             <chainedmapper>
>              <flattenmapper/>
>              <globmapper from="*.xml"
> to="build/@{backend}/@(protected)"/>
>             </chainedmapper>
>           </pathconvert>
>
>           <local name="target-test-path-dir"/>
>           <dirname property="target-test-path-dir"
> file="${target-test-path}"/>
>
> http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/local.html
>
> Peter
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Jacob Beard<jbeard4@(protected):
>  
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a situation where I have a path with a number of path segments, and,
>> for each path segment, I need to transform that path segment (presumably
>> using a mapper), and then pass the original path segment AND the transformed
>> path segment to a macro.
>>
>> The problem is that it's not clear to me how to transform the path, without
>> assigning the transformed path to an immutable property.
>>
>> The slightly simplified build file is below.
>>
>> |<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>> <project name="scxml-js" basedir="." default="generate-javascript">
>>  <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties">
>>   <classpath>
>>     <pathelement location="${basedir}/lib/build-java/ant-contrib-0.6.jar"
>>  />
>>   </classpath>
>>  </taskdef>
>>
>>  <property name="backends" value="switch,table,state"/>
>>  <property name="browsers" value="firefox,ie,chrome"/>
>>  <property name="for-ie" value="is-for-ie,is-not-for-ie"/>
>>
>>  <path id="scxml-tests-xml">
>>   <pathelement location="test/kitchen_sink/KitchenSink.xml"/>
>>   <pathelement location="test/kitchen_sink/KitchenSink_dataModule.xml"/>
>>   <!-- ... -->
>>  </path>
>>
>>  <!-- the macro call java with specific arguments -->
>>  <macrodef name="compile-with-scxml-js">
>>   <attribute name="backend"/>
>>   <attribute name="test-path"/>
>>   <attribute name="out-path"/>
>>
>>   <sequential>
>>     <java classname="org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main"
>>  output="@(protected)}">
>>      <classpath>
>>       <pathelement location="lib/java/js.jar"/>
>>        <!-- ... -->
>>      </classpath>
>>      <arg value="${basedir}/runner.js"/>
>>      <arg value="${basedir}"/>
>>      <arg value="src/javascript/scxml/cgf/main"/>
>>
>>      <arg value="--backend=@(protected)}"/>
>>      <arg value="--beautify"/>
>>      <arg value="--ie"/>
>>      <arg value="@(protected)}"/>
>>     </java>
>>   </sequential>
>>  </macrodef>
>>
>>  <!-- run unit and performance tests -->
>>  <target name="generate-javascript">
>>
>>   <for list="${for-ie}" param="for-ie">
>>     <sequential>
>>      <for list="${backends}" param="backend">
>>       <sequential>
>>         <for param="test-path">
>>          <path refid="scxml-tests-xml"/>
>>          <sequential>
>>
>>           <!-- do some manipulation -->
>>           <pathconvert property="target-test-path">
>>             <path path="@(protected)}"/>
>>             <chainedmapper>
>>              <flattenmapper/>
>>              <globmapper from="*.xml"
>>  to="build/@{backend}/@(protected)"/>
>>             </chainedmapper>
>>           </pathconvert>
>>
>>           <dirname property="target-test-path-dir"
>>  file="${target-test-path}"/>
>>
>>           <echo>${target-test-path}, ${target-test-path-dir}</echo>
>>
>>           <!-- execute some tasks, call a macro -->
>>
>>           <mkdir dir="${target-test-path-dir}"/>
>>
>>           <compile-with-scxml-js-ie
>>             test-path="@(protected)}"
>>             backend="@(protected)}"
>>             out-path="${target-test-path}"/>
>>          </sequential>
>>         </for>
>>       </sequential>
>>      </for>
>>     </sequential>
>>   </for>
>>  </target>
>>
>> </project>
>> |
>>
>> Because target-test-path and target-test-path-dir will only be assigned to
>> once, this will repeatedly echo the following:
>> [echo] build/switch/is-for-ie/KitchenSink.js,
>> /home/jacob/workspace/gsoc2010/git-scxml-js/scxml-js/build/switch/is-for-ie
>>
>> I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer. Thanks,
>>
>> Jake
>>
>> PS: I've also posted this question on Stack Overflow:
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3534659/convert-ant-path-without-assigning-to-immutable-property
>>
>>
>>    
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