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Add string formatting options to <property>

           Summary: Add string formatting options to <property>
           Product: Ant
           Version: 2.0 spec
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Core
        AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org
        ReportedBy: paul_roebuck@mac.com


It would be handy to have string formatting options similar to KornShell's
'typedef' command available for <property> values. I find it a common operation
in my build scripts to have the same value in different case. For example:

<project name="MyApp" default="default"> 
  <property name="proj.name"       value="${ant.project.name}"/>
  <property name="proj.name-lower" value="myapp"/>
  <property name="proj.name-upper" value="MYAPP"/>

If string formatting options were available, here's a possible reimplementation:

<project name="MyApp" default="default"> 
  <property name="proj.name"       value="${ant.project.name}"/>
  <property name="proj.name-lower" value="${proj.name}" format="lowercase"/>
  <property name="proj.name-upper" value="${proj.name}" format="uppercase"/>

which would approximate 'typedef -l' and 'typedef -u'. Justification and
string length truncation would allow for fixed width values, etc.

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