It's been that way for years. I first used Ant in 2002, when Ant 1.5
just came out, and the very same AntContrib tasks such as <if> and
<switch> were there. Six years later, Ant is at version 1.7, and there
is still no <if> or <switch> task in Ant.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Daffin, Miles (IT)
<Miles.Daffin@morganstanley.com> wrote:
> When do you think the contrib stuff will be included in ant proper? It
> would seem to make sense - its so well known and widely used.
>
> Miles
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scot P. Floess [mailto:floess@mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Thursday 14 February 2008 19:52
> > To: Ant Users List
> > Subject: Re: conditional statements
> >
> > If you want true if/then/else, I'd recommend looking at ant-contrib
> > (http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/) - there are some tasks
> > there...
> > One of which is if/then/else as well as switch/case
> >
> > If you want to use stock Ant, you can get creative with targets.
> > However, based on your posting I surmise you really want if-then-else
> >
> > jonese wrote:
> > > How would i do something like
> > >
> > > if x = true{
> > > stuff
> > > }else{
> > > other stuff
> > > }
> > >
> > > in ant? basically i want to see if a property is true and
> > if it is do
> > > x instructions, if it's false do y.
> > >
> > > jonese
> > >
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