Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 13778 invoked from network); 23 May 2002 06:55:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 23 May 2002 06:55:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 165 invoked by uid 97); 23 May 2002 06:55:06 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 136 invoked by uid 97); 23 May 2002 06:55:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 109 invoked by uid 98); 23 May 2002 06:55:05 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) Message-ID: <00da01c20226$454a3860$670004c0@PC103> Reply-To: "Nicola Ken Barozzi" From: "Nicola Ken Barozzi" To: "Ant Users List" Cc: "Ant Developers List" References: <36E996B162DAD111B6AF0000F879AD1A010EB3@nts_par1.paranor.ch> Subject: Re: changing the main initialization procedure Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:51:31 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N From: "Wannheden, Knut" > > > > What about creating a "controller" build file that is responsible for > > creating the templated build files and invoking them? That > > is the 'hack' > > solution idea, I suppose. > > > > That way you probably would have to use system properties to tell the > controller what buildfile to create and finally what target to invoke on it. > This would make it kind of hard to use the command line interface. Of > course I could provide my own CLI. But also if I use the task I would > have to go through the controller and pass properties for buildfile and > target. > > My goal is it to make it as easy as possible for the user to use the build > mechanisms. Of course many users would probably object that something as > intransparent as I'm trying to do is easy... Peter Donald (have to use full name because this list is soooo full ;) , any hint on how to include a basic templating mechanism with current Ant? I recall you favor templating, and I'm sure you can help us (I'm interested too) and give us some advice. Thanks. -- Nicola Ken Barozzi nicolaken@apache.org - verba volant, scripta manent - (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: