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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Douglas Kramer <Do...@Sun.COM> on 2005/01/27 23:53:28 UTC

Ant: java task - invalid flag

The following java task fails with this error:

javadoc: error - invalid flag: -doclet com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet

which is a perfectly valid option for javadoc.

Notice java calls javadoc Main, which then

     <java dir="${sample}/example-commandline" classname="com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main" maxmemory="20M">
         <classpath>
            <pathelement
                location="/mifdoclet/ws/build/jar/mifdoclet_toolkit.jar" />
            <pathelement
                location="/jdk1.5.0/lib/tools.jar" />
         </classpath>
         <arg value="-doclet com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet" />
         <arg value="-d ./sample-out" />
         <arg value="-sourcepath ../sample-src" />
         <arg value="com.package1" />
     </java>


The equivalent command line command that works is:

java \
-classpath /mifdoclet/ws/build/jar/mifdoclet_toolkit.jar:/programs/jdk1.5.0/lib/tools.jar \
com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main \
-doclet com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet \
-d ./sample-out \
-sourcepath ../sample-src \
com.package1

Could something be wrong with the <arg value=xxx> lines?

-Doug

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Re: Ant: java task - invalid flag

Posted by Matt Benson <gu...@yahoo.com>.
--- Douglas Kramer <Do...@Sun.COM> wrote:

> Instant success!!  Thank you.
> 
> Any explanation for why the anomaly that <arg>
> cannot contain a value
> space-separated parameters, contrary to the
> documentation:
> 
>    value   a single command-line argument; can
> contain space characters.
> 
> Perhaps because Ant thinks it is an argument to
> java, not javadoc?

DD explained it perfectly; I'm sure you composed this
before you saw his answer.

But as he said, why *don't* you use the javadoc task?

-Matt 
> 
> -Doug
> 
> Matt Benson wrote:
> > --- Douglas Kramer <Do...@Sun.COM> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>The following java task fails with this error:
> >>
> >>javadoc: error - invalid flag: -doclet
> >>com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet
> >>
> >>which is a perfectly valid option for javadoc.
> > 
> > [SNIP]
> > 
> >>Could something be wrong with the <arg value=xxx>
> >>lines?
> >>
> > 
> > Can you first try:
> > 
> > <arg value="-doclet" />
> > <arg
> >
> value="com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet"
> />
> > 
> > instead of:
> > 
> > <arg value="-doclet
> > com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet" />
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > -Matt
> > 
> > 
> >>-Doug
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Re: Ant: java task - invalid flag

Posted by Douglas Kramer <Do...@Sun.COM>.
Instant success!!  Thank you.

Any explanation for why the anomaly that <arg> cannot contain a value
space-separated parameters, contrary to the documentation:

   value   a single command-line argument; can contain space characters.

Perhaps because Ant thinks it is an argument to java, not javadoc?

-Doug

Matt Benson wrote:
> --- Douglas Kramer <Do...@Sun.COM> wrote:
> 
> 
>>The following java task fails with this error:
>>
>>javadoc: error - invalid flag: -doclet
>>com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet
>>
>>which is a perfectly valid option for javadoc.
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
>>Could something be wrong with the <arg value=xxx>
>>lines?
>>
> 
> Can you first try:
> 
> <arg value="-doclet" />
> <arg
> value="com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet" />
> 
> instead of:
> 
> <arg value="-doclet
> com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet" />
> 
> ?
> 
> -Matt
> 
> 
>>-Doug
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Ant: java task - invalid flag

Posted by Matt Benson <gu...@yahoo.com>.
--- Douglas Kramer <Do...@Sun.COM> wrote:

> The following java task fails with this error:
> 
> javadoc: error - invalid flag: -doclet
> com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet
> 
> which is a perfectly valid option for javadoc.
[SNIP]
> 
> Could something be wrong with the <arg value=xxx>
> lines?
> 
Can you first try:

<arg value="-doclet" />
<arg
value="com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet" />

instead of:

<arg value="-doclet
com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.mif.MIFDoclet" />

?

-Matt

> -Doug


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