Scope of the ANT property!!!

[Nagarajan Murugesan <NM...@Selectica.com>]

Hi All,

What is the scope of the property value in a build file.
I want to change the property value in between the build process.

For Example:

project name="Installation" default="run">
	
	<target name="run">
	
  	<property name="count" value="I"/>
  	<echo>${count}</echo>
  	
  	<property name="count" value="II"/>
  	<echo>${count}</echo>
  	

	</target>
</project>

But in both the echo command it gives the same value. Is there a way to
change property value?

Thanks,
Nagarajan

Re: Scope of the ANT property!!!

[Antoine Lévy-Lambert <an...@antbuild.com>]

Properties once set cannot be changed with the <property/> task.
Ant-Contrib or Antelope has a variable task which allows to change values.
But maybe there is a proper way of doing what you want to do with ant.

Antoine

Nagarajan Murugesan wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>What is the scope of the property value in a build file.
>I want to change the property value in between the build process.
>
>For Example:
>
>project name="Installation" default="run">
>	
>	<target name="run">
>	
>  	<property name="count" value="I"/>
>  	<echo>${count}</echo>
>  	
>  	<property name="count" value="II"/>
>  	<echo>${count}</echo>
>  	
>
>	</target>
></project>
>
>But in both the echo command it gives the same value. Is there a way to
>change property value?
>
>Thanks,
>Nagarajan
>
>  
>


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