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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:09:28 +0100
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Subject: Re: Basic question re Antform and conditional execution of tasks
From: Patrick Martin <antuser@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Indeed, if your 'Omit_Optional_Partx'  targets are not part of any
depends attribute, they will not get called.
You should probably have something like:

<target name=3D"buildall" depends=3D"verify_switches, Omit_Optional_Part1,
Omit_Optional_Part2, Omit_Optional_Part3">
...
</target>
<target name=3D"verify_switches" description=3D"Let the user choose which
content to omit.">
...
</target>
<target name=3D"Omit_Optional_Part1" description=3D"Omit optional part 1"
if=3D"omit.optional.part1">
...
</target>
<target name=3D"Omit_Optional_Part2" description=3D"Omit optional part 2"
if=3D"omit.optional.part2">
...
</target>
<target name=3D"Omit_Optional_Part3" description=3D"Omit optional part 3"
if=3D"omit.optional.part3">
...
</target>

Rgds,

Patrick

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Rhino <rhino1@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Thank you, Patrick, for your helpful suggestion. I've changed to a
> booleanProperty. Unfortunately, my script still doesn't work. The
> 'verify_switches' target now looks like the following and everything else=
 is
> the same:
>
> <!-- =A0 Let the user choose to show or hide specific items. -->
> <target name=3D"verify_switches" description=3D"Let the user choose which
> content to omit.">
> =A0 <antform title=3D"Choose Information Which Will Not Be Displayed">
> =A0 =A0 =A0 <label>Use the checkboxes to control which of the following c=
ontent is
> shown. Choose Abort to cancel the build.</label>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 <booleanProperty label=3D"Omit Optional Part 1"
> property=3D"omit.optional.part1"/>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 <booleanProperty label=3D"Omit Optional Part 2"
> property=3D"omit.optional.part2"/>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 <booleanProperty label=3D"Omit Optional Part 3"
> property=3D"omit.optional.part3"/>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 <controlbar>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <button label=3D"Abort" target=3D"abort2" type=3D"can=
cel"/>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <button label=3D"Ok" type=3D"ok"/>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 </controlbar>
> =A0 </antform>
> </target>
>
> When I run the script with -debug and -verbose in effect and check only t=
he
> middle checkbox from the AntForm, it indicates:
>
> =A0 Overriding previous definition of property "omit.optional.part2"
>
> However, the 'Omit_Optional_Part2' task is NOT executed. Am I using the
> 'depends' or 'if' parameters incorrectly? Also, why does it say that the
> previous definition of omit.optional.part2 is being overridden? I thought=
 I
> was _creating_ that property as the AntForm was being executed but that
> wording suggests that it already existed and just had its value changed.
>
> As I said in my earlier note, I am VERY rusty with Ant. I fear that I am =
not
> remembering the proper use of 'depends' and 'if'. Or do I need to put the
> 'Omit_Optional_Partx' targets in the 'buildall' target and then rely on t=
he
> depends/if to bypass those targets if the property was not set in tne
> AntForm?
>
> I think we're on the right track here but I just need a little more
> information in order to get this working correctly.
> --
> Rhino
>
>
> Patrick Martin wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> You probably want to use a booleanProperty instead of a
>> checkSelectionProperty.
>>
>> The checkSelectionProperty allows to select multiple values (you use
>> it only for one). It always set the property (even if empty), so your
>> <target if=3D""> statements will get executed as they test the property
>> existence and not value.
>> You could still go with checkSelectionProperty, using an antcontrib
>> <for> or <foreach> to loop on the result list.
>> But it might be easier to just go with booleanProperty.
>>
>> Rgds,
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Rhino <rhino1@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I was reasonably comfortable with Ant a few years ago but haven't touch=
ed
>>> it
>>> in quite a while so I need a bit of a refresher. I've tried looking in
>>> the
>>> manua but it always seems to answer only part of the question so I
>>> thought
>>> I'd try here.
>>>
>>> Among the things that my Ant script needs to do is write a specific
>>> document. That document has three optional parts, each of which the
>>> person
>>> running the script may choose to write or omit. I'm leaning toward usin=
g
>>> an
>>> Ant form with a checkSelectionProperty for each of the three optional
>>> parts.
>>>
>>> The relevant bit of my script is:
>>>
>>>
>>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>> <!-- =A0 Let the user choose to show or hide specific items. -->
>>> <target name=3D"verify_switches" description=3D"Let the user choose whi=
ch
>>> content to omit.">
>>> =A0<antform title=3D"Choose Information Which Will Not Be Displayed">
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0<label>Use the checkboxes to control which of the following =
content
>>> is
>>> shown. Choose Abort to cancel the build.</label>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0<checkSelectionProperty label=3D"" property=3D"omit.optional=
.part1"
>>> values=3D"Omit Optional Part 1"/>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0<checkSelectionProperty label=3D"" property=3D"omit.optional=
.part2"
>>> values=3D"Omit Optional Part 2"/>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0<checkSelectionProperty label=3D"" property=3D"omit.optional=
.part3"
>>> values=3D"Omit Optional Part 3"/>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0<controlbar>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<button label=3D"Abort" target=3D"abort2" type=3D"ca=
ncel"/>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<button label=3D"Ok" type=3D"ok"/>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0</controlbar>
>>> =A0</antform>
>>> </target>
>>>
>>> <target name=3D"Omit_Optional_Part1" description=3D"Omit optional part =
1."
>>> if=3D"omit.optional.part1">
>>> =A0<replaceregexp file=3D"${baz.src}\${baz.pkg}\ResumeConstants.java"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0match=3D"^[\s]*public static final boolean
>>> SHOW_OPTIONAL_PART1[\s]*=3D[\s]*([^;]+);[\s]*$"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0replace=3D" =A0 =A0public static final boolean SHOW_OPTIONAL=
_PART1 =3D
>>> false;"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0byline=3D"true"/>
>>> </target>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <target name=3D"Omit_Optional_Part2" descriptio=
n=3D"Omit optional
>>> part 2." if=3D"omit.optional.part2">
>>> =A0<replaceregexp file=3D"${baz.src}\${baz.pkg}\ResumeConstants.java"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0match=3D"^[\s]*public static final boolean
>>> SHOW_OPTIONAL_PART2[\s]*=3D[\s]*([^;]+);[\s]*$"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0replace=3D" =A0 =A0public static final boolean SHOW_OPTIONAL=
_PART2 =3D
>>> false;"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0byline=3D"true"/>
>>> </target>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <target name=3D"Omit_Optional_Part3" de=
scription=3D"Omit
>>> optional part 3." if=3D"omit.optional.part3">
>>> =A0<replaceregexp file=3D"${baz.src}\${baz.pkg}\ResumeConstants.java"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0match=3D"^[\s]*public static final boolean
>>> SHOW_OPTIONAL_PART3[\s]*=3D[\s]*([^;]+);[\s]*$"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0replace=3D" =A0 =A0public static final boolean SHOW_OPTIONAL=
_PART3 =3D
>>> false;"
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0byline=3D"true"/>
>>> </target>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <target name=3D"abort2" description=3D"=
Display a message that
>>> the build was cancelled.">
>>> =A0<fail message=3D"The user chose not to proceed with the build."/>
>>> </target>
>>>
>>>
>>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>>
>>> The "verify_switches" target is part of the "depends" on my 'buildall'
>>> target.
>>>
>>> What I'm TRYING to do is get the form to display three separate
>>> checkboxes.
>>> Each checkbox identifies a different one of the three optional parts of
>>> the
>>> document. The user puts a checkmark beside each of the optional parts
>>> that
>>> he wants to OMIT in the document; if he doesn't put a checkmark beside =
a
>>> given part, that part will be written in the document. For each checkbo=
x
>>> that is checked, a new property is created
>>>
>>> Then, the other three targets, Omit_Optional_Part1, Omit_Optional_Part2=
,
>>> and
>>> Omit_Optional_Part3 are supposed to be invoked but ONLY if the relevant
>>> checkbox was checked on the AntForm. The three "omit" targets simply ed=
it
>>> a
>>> class containing constants and change the value of one boolean each fro=
m
>>> true, the default, to false. In other words, if the user chooses to omi=
t
>>> part 1 from the document, the "Omit_Optional_Part1" target changes a
>>> constant named SHOW_OPTIONAL_PART1 from true to false. And so on for th=
e
>>> other two "optional" targets.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, this code doesn't work. While the AntForm displays just
>>> fine,
>>> it doesn't seem to be creating the relevant properties. Or maybe it is
>>> and
>>> the "optional" targets just aren't coded correctly. The fact is that th=
e
>>> the
>>> "optional" targets sometimes run regardless of the existence of the
>>> properties created in the form and sometimes DON'T run, even if the
>>> property
>>> should have been created.
>>>
>>> Obviously, I'm doing something wrong but I can't figure it out from the
>>> documentation I've been able to find. AntForm is especially poorly
>>> documented in that it has very few examples and none that illustrate ho=
w
>>> to
>>> work with checkSelectionProperty.
>>>
>>> Can someone kindly tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am running Ant 1.7.1 in Eclipse 3.5.1 (Galileo). My OS is Windows XP
>>> SP2.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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