Inheriting patternset refid

["Brown, Carlton" <Ca...@BellSouth.com>]

Is it possible to declare a patternset with a reference id in a build
file, and be able to dereference that id in another build file called by
the <ant> task?   There's a patternset that I keep using over and over
in my build files, and it would be nice if there were a way to specify
it once and be able to dereference it in other build files.

 

I've tried this a few ways, even explicitly forcing inheritAll to "true"
even though it defaults to that, but it doesn't seem to work.

 

If I could do this, it would simplify life greatly.

 

Thanks in advance.

Re: Inheriting patternset refid

[Dominique Devienne <dd...@gmail.com>]

> Is it possible to declare a patternset with a reference id in a build
> file, and be able to dereference that id in another build file called by
> the <ant> task?   There's a patternset that I keep using over and over
> in my build files, and it would be nice if there were a way to specify
> it once and be able to dereference it in other build files.

Sure.

> I've tried this a few ways, even explicitly forcing inheritAll to "true"
> even though it defaults to that, but it doesn't seem to work.

inheritAll is for properties only, not references.
use inheritRefs or a nested <reference>.

You could also consider putting common definitions into a build file,
for example common.xml, and <import> it into your various builds. --DD

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