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> From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:DDevienne@lgc.com]=20
>=20
> > From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bodewig@apache.org]
> >
> > [bodewig@bodewig tmp]$ cat > foo.xml
> > <project>
> >   <typedef name=3D"foo" classname=3D"java.lang.Object"/>
> >   <foo id=3D"my-foo"/>
> >   <property name=3D"my-foo.toString()" refid=3D"my-foo"/>
> >   <echo>${my-foo.toString()}</echo>
> > </project>
> > [bodewig@bodewig tmp]$ ant -f foo.xml
> > Buildfile: foo.xml
> >      [echo] java.lang.Object@4aeb52
>=20
> Whoa, for a second there I though you could call methods off=20
> a reference, before the <property name=3D"my-foo.toString()"=20
> refid=3D"my-foo"/> registered in my brain ;-)  That would be=20
> way cool actually!!!
>=20
> Hey Peter, can't you code that? ;-) --DD

It already exists, it is called velocity. ;-)

No seriously, some sort of script task merging
object references and velocity functionality would be=20
really cool and make a quite powerful little bugger.

Jose Alberto

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