Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 90292 invoked from network); 30 May 2000 13:59:06 -0000 Received: from mail1.dresdnerkb.com (193.132.190.11) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 30 May 2000 13:59:06 -0000 From: Xavier.Witdouck@dresdnerkb.com Message-ID: To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Newbie question Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 14:44:27 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Hi All, Can the XML build file be written in a more parametric fashion, whereby you separate the dependency description from the execution instructions? The reason I ask is that the build file seems very declarative (which has its positive points), but things can become pretty verbose in large scale projects. Could you parameterise a target in such a way as to create a more reusable set of build process instructions? For example, create a beanMaker target that complies some bean classes, generates the serialized descriptor, generates container classes, but can be completely reused. Many thanks for any replies. regards, Zav Xavier Witdouck Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Direct: +44 (0)171 475 1265 Mobile: +44 (0)777 568 5977 E-mail: xavier.witdouck@dresdnerkb.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged and/or confidential. If you have received this email in error please destroy it and contact the sender, via our switchboard on +44 (0)20 7623 8000 or via return e-mail. You should not copy, forward or use the contents, attachments or information in any way. Any unauthorised use or disclosure may be unlawful. Dresdner Kleinwort Benson gives no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of this email after it is sent over the Internet and accepts no responsibility for changes made after it was sent. Any opinion expressed in this email may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Bank or its affiliates. They may also be subject to change without notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------