RE: [VOTE] The late stuff

[Tim Vernum <Ti...@macquarie.com.au>]

From: Rob van Oostrum [mailto:rvanoostrum@ezgov.com]

> My master build file invokes my generic app build script passing the
> project name as a property. So the name of the property in 
> the generic app
> script is httpd.service.name.${project.name}

> So rather than have a httpd.service.name
> property, I call it httpd.service.name.[project name]. 
> Developers can then
> go into a file build.properties and override for example the
> httpd.service.name.coreapp property, without affecting their 
> builds of any other app.

Based upon what I understand of your use case, I created the
attached task.

It actually works in a reverse order, so you would have:
  ${projectname}.httpd.service.name
(etc)

What it does instead of having recursive property evaluation,
is treat the property space as a hierarchy, and allows you
to copy from one tree to another.

eg:
 You might have a project called "BitWhizz", and then you can do
      <copy-properties from="BitWhizz" to="main"/>
 and everything in the BitWhizz.* property heirarchy would then
 be duplicated as main.*

 eg BitWhizz.httpd.service.name would be copied to
    main.httpd.service.name

That should suit your use case.
The xml file attached is a buildfile, that demonstrates this.

Sorry, no docs or comments just yet.
If it does meet your requirements, then I'll look into making
it a bit more "real".


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