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Subject: Re: "include" equivalnet in ant?
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From: Stefan Bodewig <bodewig@bost.de>
Date: 07 Nov 2000 09:45:22 +0100
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>>>>> "DF" == Duane Fields <dfields@caleonetworks.com> writes:

 DF> I'd like to be able to include a collection of targets from
 DF> another build.xml into an antfile,

Copy of the FAQ entry I've created four weeks ago but that hasn't been
released yet (*grmbl*) follows:

-------------------

How do I include another fragment of a buildfile?

You can use XML's way of including external files and let the parser
do the job for Ant:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE project [
    <!ENTITY common SYSTEM "file:./common.xml">
]>

<project name="test" default="test" basedir=".">

  <target name="setup">
    ...
  </target>

  &common;

  ...

</project>

will literally include the contents of common.xml where you've placed
the &common; entity.

In combination with a DTD this would look like this:

<!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC "-//ANT//DTD project//EN" "file:./ant.dtd" [
   <!ENTITY include SYSTEM "file:./header.xml">
]>