| Invoking a target (Ant 1.7) in a loop (Ant-Contrib) | Invoking a target (Ant 1.7) in a loop (Ant-Contrib) 2007-01-17 - By Steve Loughran
Rebo, Alex wrote:
> Thank you, Steve!
>
> In my mind the "if-then-else" block looks cleanly this way.
> On top, target contra to macrodef can be executed conditionally
> (if/unless)
>
> You are correct pointing out that if a target can't be invoked all by itself
> (answer to your Q: "do you ever execute ant using that as a target or is it
> a utility type thing?"
> is "No") it should be a target.
> Per Dominique's suggestion I replaced "foreach" with "for" thus loosing the
> ability
> to call a target within loops body.
> If I can figure out how to put macrodefs in place of a target, I might try
> to "unload" the body of the loop.
>
> Do you think it's worse the effort, Steve?
well, I dont think you need to do any big loops or iteration. You can do
a bulk verify too, using verifyproperty=true
> PS.: Could you, please, elaborate on "In Ant 1.7, many support resources,
> which provides you
> even more ways to source data."?
yes, it gets detailed coverage in both the Ant 1.7 manuals and in the
forthcoming Ant in Action :)
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