extending existing java task

[Toni Penttinen <to...@tassen.fi>]

Hi,

It would be nice to have recursive directory scan in java tasks e.g. similar than javac has.

Couple of examples how it would look like as task point of view:

<target name="example" depends="something" description="example task">
	<java fork="yes" srcdir="${src.dir}"  includes="**/*.java" failonerror="true" classname="example.Main" output="${example.dir}/example_log.xml">
			<arg line="-x -all"/>
		<classpath refid="class.path"/>	
	</java>
</target>

another example:

<target name="example" depends="something" description="example task">
	<java fork="yes" failonerror="true" classname="example.Main" output="${example.dir}/example.xml">
			<arg value="-x"/>
			<arg value="-all"/>
		<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
			<patternset>
				<include name="**/*.java"/>
			</patternset>
		</fileset>
		<classpath refid="class.path"/>
	</java>
</target>


Java task could also extend MatchingTask like javac does.

Regards,

Toni Penttinen 

Re: extending existing java task

[Erik Hatcher <ja...@ehatchersolutions.com>]

I'm pretty sure the consensus is that this is a prime candidate for building
a custom task and will not be implemented into Ant's core anytime soon.

You could use <apply> to call "java" directly if you need this functionality
as a workaround, though.

    Erik


----- Original Message -----
From: "Toni Penttinen" <to...@tassen.fi>
To: <an...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: extending existing java task


> Hi,
>
> It would be nice to have recursive directory scan in java tasks e.g.
similar than javac has.
>
> Couple of examples how it would look like as task point of view:
>
> <target name="example" depends="something" description="example task">
> <java fork="yes" srcdir="${src.dir}"  includes="**/*.java"
failonerror="true" classname="example.Main"
output="${example.dir}/example_log.xml">
> <arg line="-x -all"/>
> <classpath refid="class.path"/>
> </java>
> </target>
>
> another example:
>
> <target name="example" depends="something" description="example task">
> <java fork="yes" failonerror="true" classname="example.Main"
output="${example.dir}/example.xml">
> <arg value="-x"/>
> <arg value="-all"/>
> <fileset dir="${src.dir}">
> <patternset>
> <include name="**/*.java"/>
> </patternset>
> </fileset>
> <classpath refid="class.path"/>
> </java>
> </target>
>
>
> Java task could also extend MatchingTask like javac does.
>
> Regards,
>
> Toni Penttinen
>


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