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Subject: RE: Split build file
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:18:20 -0600
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Wow, never noticed these since I upgraded. This is great thanks. =
Although I still am not quite sure what subant is used for. Is it used =
for kicking off a sub build from a bootstrap?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de [mailto:Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de]=20
Sent: September 1, 2004 9:10 AM
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: AW: Split build file

New since 1.6.
Then you should also look at <subant>, <macrodef>, <presetdef> and
<scriptdef>.

Jan

> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Vadim Kazakov [mailto:VadimK@quadrus.com]
> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 1. September 2004 17:04
> An: Ant Users List
> Betreff: RE: Split build file
>=20
> That's interesting I didn't know about this task. I just use the <ant>
> task to access other files.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Rich [mailto:brich@webmethods.com]=20
> Sent: August 31, 2004 6:36 PM
> To: 'Ant Users List'
> Subject: RE: Split build file
>=20
> You can import files to add targets to the available set. I=20
> have several
> Ant
> files that I have used to organize my targets because they just got to
> much
> for one file. In my files I do the following:
>=20
> l10nproj.xml
>  <import file=3D"${env.LEVTOOLSDIR}/L10NProcess/L10NProcess.xml"/>
>=20
> L10NProcess.xml
>  <import=20
> file=3D"${env.LEVTOOLSDIR}/L10NProcess/L10NProcess-macros.xml"/>
>  <import =
file=3D"${env.LEVTOOLSDIR}/L10NProcess/L10NProcess-tasks.xml"/>
>=20
> L10NProcess-tasks.xml
>  <import
> file=3D"${env.LEVTOOLSDIR}/L10NProcess/L10NProcess-toktasks.xml"/>
>  <import
> file=3D"${env.LEVTOOLSDIR}/L10NProcess/L10NProcess-detoktasks.xml"/>
>  <import=20
> file=3D"${env.LEVTOOLSDIR}/L10NProcess/L10NProcess-p4tasks.xml"/>
>=20
>=20
> I only copy l10nproj.xml into the directory where the project=20
> files are
> stored and run it from there. When I run ant on the l10nproj.xml file
> all of
> the targets in all the files that are imported are available as though
> they
> were in the l10nproj.xml file. Of course you must be careful to have
> unique
> names for all the targets so there is no confusion as to which one you
> are
> referring to.
>=20
> There is no automatic "jumping" into an imported file but you=20
> should be
> able
> to figure out a target that will do what you want. You might check out
> <for>
> in antContrib if you want to loop through a bunch of test cases. Or
> perhaps,
> just using depends on a master target will also work.
>=20
> HTH
> Bill=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gera, Prateek [mailto:prateek.gera@hp.com]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:58 PM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: Split build file
>=20
> Hi,
>  Is it possible to split a build project into multiple files, one main
> build
> file and the rest smaller that do only a part of the full build task.=20
> The smaller build files may not be executed independently.=20
>=20
> This will help be freeze my main build file and create=20
> smaller xml's to
> execute any new tests as and when required.
> Only minor changes would be required to main build file.
>=20
>=20
> Something like this -
> < project name=3D"buidandtest" default=3D"def"  basedir-"."> ...
> ...
>   <include file=3D"test1.xml"/>
> ...
> ...
>   <include file=3D"test2.xml"/>
> ..
> </project>
>=20
>=20
> Upon encountering <include> the execution would jump to test1.xml or
> test2.xml I have considered using <ant> command in main file but my
> smaller
> build file needs to call back targets in the main file and=20
> then it will
> get
> too complicated.
>=20
>=20
> Thanks
> prateek
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