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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by "Rebhan, Gilbert" <Gi...@huk-coburg.de> on 2006/02/02 16:00:32 UTC

replace < with < in property ??

Hi,

Problem =

i have a property like that :

&lt;bla&gt;foobar&lt;/bla&gt;

and i want it to convert to =

<bla>foobar</bla> before putting in
in a mailbody

i've tried =

<propertyregex property="foobar"
                  input="${auftrag.bemerkung}"
                  regexp="lt;"
                  replace="<"
                  casesensitive="false" />

but that is not accepted.

i've tried with javascript =

<script language="javascript"><![CDATA[           
        one=project.getProperty("foobar");
        two=one.replace("&lt;", "<");
        three=two.replace("&gt;", ">");                 
       project.setProperty("foobar", three);
  ]]></script>

doesn't work either, gives me =

org.mozilla.javascript.EvaluatorException: Cannot convert &lt; to
java.lang.Character


Any ideas ??

bye4now, Gilbert

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Re: replace < with < in property ??

Posted by Sujeet Banerjee <su...@persistent.co.in>.
Hello Gilbert

The attribute "regexp" represents the regular expression which is matched in the input string. You
are trying to match a pattern that's a part of the input string. I'd suggest using perl (can be
executed both in Linux/Win-x platforms)

-Sujeet
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  Subject: replace &lt; with < in property ??



  Hi,

  Problem =

  i have a property like that :

  &lt;bla&gt;foobar&lt;/bla&gt;

  and i want it to convert to =

  <bla>foobar</bla> before putting in
  in a mailbody

  i've tried =

  <propertyregex property="foobar"
                    input="${auftrag.bemerkung}"
                    regexp="lt;"
                    replace="<"
                    casesensitive="false" />

  but that is not accepted.

  i've tried with javascript =

  <script language="javascript"><![CDATA[
          one=project.getProperty("foobar");
          two=one.replace("&lt;", "<");
          three=two.replace("&gt;", ">");
         project.setProperty("foobar", three);
    ]]></script>

  doesn't work either, gives me =

  org.mozilla.javascript.EvaluatorException: Cannot convert &lt; to
  java.lang.Character


  Any ideas ??

  bye4now, Gilbert

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Re: replace < with < in property ??

Posted by Gilbert Rebhan <an...@schillbaer.de>.
Hi,

thanks for your suggestions :

> Remember that in XML &lt; is turned into < before ant sees it, so you
> need to escape the search and replace
> strings:
> 
> 
>  <propertyregex property="foobar"
>                    input="${auftrag.bemerkung}"
>                    regexp="&amp;lt;"
>                    replace="&lt;"
>                    casesensitive="false" />


but :

<property name="foobar" value="&lt;bla&gt;foobar&lt;/bla&gt;" />

  <echo>${foobar}</echo>

    <propertyregex property="foo"
           input="${foobar}"
           regexp="&amp;lt;"
           replace="&lt;"
           casesensitive="false" />
  <echo>${foo}</echo>

just gives me :

     [echo] <bla>foobar</bla>
     [echo] ${foo}

hm, let's see the other way around :

<echo file="J:/test/test.txt">fixed=${foobar}</echo>

yup, the property is written as :

fixed=<bla>foobar</bla>

but doesn't work either, when loading the propertyfile afterwards,
property ${fixed} get's not expanded --> ${fixed}

Even after manuelly changing the propertyfile to :
fixed=&lt;bla&gt;foobar&lt;/bla&gt;
it does not get expanded.

Any other ideas ?!?

by4now, Gilbert


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Re: replace < with < in property ??

Posted by Steve Loughran <st...@hpl.hp.com>.
Rebhan, Gilbert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Problem =
> 
> i have a property like that :
> 
> &lt;bla&gt;foobar&lt;/bla&gt;
> 
> and i want it to convert to =
> 
> <bla>foobar</bla> before putting in
> in a mailbody
> 
> i've tried =
> 
> <propertyregex property="foobar"
>                   input="${auftrag.bemerkung}"
>                   regexp="lt;"
>                   replace="<"
>                   casesensitive="false" />
> 
> but that is not accepted.

no, obviously not.

Remember that in XML &lt; is turned into < before ant sees it, so you 
need to escape the search and replace
strings:


  <propertyregex property="foobar"
                    input="${auftrag.bemerkung}"
                    regexp="&amp;lt;"
                    replace="&lt;"
                    casesensitive="false" />



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