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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:06:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Vimil Saju <vimilsaju@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Feature request: if/unless on command line arguments
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Can't you use the if task from ant-contrib?=A0=0A=0A=0A____________________=
____________=0A From: "Steele, Richard" <rich@steelezone.net>=0ATo: user@an=
t.apache.org =0ASent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:34 AM=0ASubject: Feature =
request: if/unless on command line arguments=0A =0AI think it would be conv=
enient to have command-line arguments take optional=0Aif/unless attributes =
that work much like those on targets.=A0 My use case is=0Awith the <javac> =
task where I want to conditionally pass in an -Xlint=0Aoption:=0A=0A=0A=A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <javac=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 source=
=3D"${java_compiler-source-version}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 target=3D"${java_compiler-target-version}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 debug=3D"${java_compiler-debug}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 deprecation=3D"${java_compiler-deprecation}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 includeAntRuntime=3D"false"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 verbose=3D"${java_verbose}">=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 <compilerarg value=3D"-Xlint" if=3D"${java_lint}" />=0A=A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 .=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 .=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 .=0A=
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 </javac>=0A=0AI think my only choice now is to play=
 games with the compiler attribute on=0Acompilerarg: use a <condition> to s=
et the compiler to a bogus value,=0Asomething like this:=0A=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 <condition property=3D"java_compilerarg-lint" value=3D"modern"=
=0Aelse=3D"***disabled">=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0  <istrue value=3D"${=
java_lint}" />=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 </condition>=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A0 <javac=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 source=3D"${java_comp=
iler-source-version}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 target=3D"$=
{java_compiler-target-version}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 d=
ebug=3D"${java_compiler-debug}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 d=
eprecation=3D"${java_compiler-deprecation}"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 includeAntRuntime=3D"false"=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 verbose=3D"${java_verbose}">=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <com=
pilerarg value=3D"-Xlint"=0Acompiler=3D"${java_compilerarg-lint}" />=0A=A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 .=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 .=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 .=
=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 </javac>=0A=0AIf there's consensus that this is =
generally useful I'll write up a formal=0Afeature request.=0A=0ARich
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