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Subject: AW: Antlib alias?
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 09:19:03 +0200
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>I was wondering if there would be any usefulness in adding an 'alias'=20
>attribute, which could take a list of aliases.  This would=20
>allow an antlib to have an official name for a task, whilst=20
>still allowing the use of abbreviations (which is fairly=20
>common in unix land (--verbose/-v etc)).
>
><antlib>
>  <taskdef
>    name=3D"my_task"
>    alias=3D"t, task, task1"
>    classname=3D"org.apache.ant.my_task.Task1"
>    />
>...
>
></antlib>


And you would end in an build file like

<project xmlns:my=3D"...">
   <my:my_task/>
   <echo/>
   <my:t/>
   <my:task1/>
</project>


I wouldnt think that this a desired goal...
If you _really_ want to have that, you could use <presetdef> for
abbreviations, too.


Jan

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