Q: Defining a path by "reference and prefix" only?

["Morten S. Mortensen" <mo...@tietoenator.com>]

 
Hi all Ant-users,
 
I want two paths like -
 
<path id="a">
  <pathelement .........../>
  <pathelement .........../>
  ...
</path>
 
- and -
 
<path id="b">
  ...
</path>
 
- both valid for convertion through <pathconvert>.
 
I would like to define path "b" in such a way, that each element from "a" is in "b", but with a prefix attached! That is, by writing "b" *without* repeating the individual elements of "a", but just writing 'reference to "a"' and 'attach prefix "misc/etc/"'.

Example of effect:

After convertion the "a" path is e.g. -
 
"dir1/xxx/something.jar;yyy.jar;aaa/dirA;bbb/fileB"
 
- and "b" will automatically become -
 
"misc/etc/dir1/xxx/something.jar;misc/etc/yyy.jar;misc/etc/aaa/dirA;misc/etc/bbb/fileB"
 
 
Can path-like structures do this natively? -If so, how do I define path "b"?
 
Regards,
Morten Sabroe Mortensen