| Using Java xml properties file with Ant | Using Java xml properties file with Ant 2007-07-20 - By nswoboda@(protected)
We are building a piece of software which has a number of Java
properties files in xml format (the kind which are read with
Properties.loadFromXML). An example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties>
<entry key="appName">Name</entry>
<entry key="startBean">Something</entry>
<entry key="versionNumber">2.5</entry>
</properties>
I would like to be able to read these files and use their properties from
within ant. The property task doesn't seem to handle properties files
in xml so I have been trying to use the xmlproperty task:
<xmlproperty file="temp.properties.xml" prefix="temp" />
But then all the values get thrown into the temp.properties.entry
property:
<echo> using Prop=${temp.properties.entry} </echo>
gives:
[echo] using Prop=Name,Something,2.5
I assume that this should be trivial but I can't find a good solution to
get it to do the obvious thing (load three separate properties).
Suggestions?
Second question, since the Sun dtd specifies SYSTEM (not a publicid), is
it possible to use xmlcatalog?
Thanks,
Nik
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