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@@ -251,8 +251,14 @@ Other changes:
* Perforce tasks now support a "failonerror" attribute (defaults to "true").
-* Open Source application server JOnAS support :
- EJB hot deploy and deploy with Converts a nested path, path reference, or fileset reference to the form usable on a
- specified platform
- and stores the result in a given property. This operation is useful when script files
- (batch files or shell scripts) must be generated my the build system and they contain
- path information that must be properly formatted for the target architecture, not the
- architecture on which the build is running, or when you need to create a list of files
- separated by a given character, like a comma or a space.
+ Converts a nested Prefix maps can be specified to map Windows drive letters to Unix paths and vice
- versa. Nested Pathconvert
Description
-<path>
or reference to a Path,
+FileSet, DirSet, or FileList into a path
+form for a particular platform, and stores the result in a given property.
+It can also be used when you need
+to convert a Path, FileSet, or DirSet into a list, separated by a given
+character, such as a comma or space, or, conversely, to convert a list
+of files in a FileList into a path.
<map>
elements can be specified to map Windows
+drive letters to Unix paths, and vice-versa.Parameters
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@
targetos
- The target architecture. Must be one of 'unix' or 'windows'.
This is a
- shorthand mechanism for specifying both pathsep and dirsep
+ The target architecture. Must be one of 'unix' or 'windows'.
+ This is a shorthand mechanism for specifying both
+ pathsep
and dirsep
according to the specified target architecture.
- Must specify one of targetos, pathsep,or dirsep.
+ Yes, unless
pathsep
and/or
+ dirsep
are specified.
@@ -54,15 +56,18 @@
property
- The name of the property in which to place the converted path
+ The name of the property in which to place the converted path.
Yes
refid
What to convert, given as a
- reference to a PATH or FILESET
+ reference to a
+
- <path>
, <fileset>
,
+ <dirset>
, or <fileset>
defined elsewhereNo, if omitted a nested <path> element must be supplied.
+ No; if omitted, a nested
+
<path>
element must be supplied.Parameters specified as nested elements
@@ -76,14 +81,14 @@
from
- The prefix to match. Note that this value is case insensitive when
- the build is running on a windows platform and case sensitive when running on a
+ The prefix to match. Note that this value is case-insensitive when
+ the build is running on a Windows platform and case-sensitive when running on a
Unix platform.
Yes
@@ -92,87 +97,61 @@
the path being processed. If no map entries are specified, then no path prefix mapping
is performed.
to
- The replacement text to use when from is matched.
+ The replacement text to use when
from
is matched.Yes
Note that the map elements are applied in the order specified and the only the first - matching map element is applied. So, the ordering of your map elements can be important - if any from values are prefixes of other from values. +
Note: The map elements are applied in the order specified,
+and only the first matching map element is applied. So, the ordering of
+your map elements can be important, if any from
values are
+prefixes of other from
values.
If a path reference is not supplied using the refid attribute, then a - nested path element must be supplied. See +
If the refid
attribute is not specified, then a
+ nested <path>
element must be supplied. See
Path-like Structures for details.
In the examples below, assume that the property wl.home has the value -d:\weblogic on Windows and /weblogic on Unix.
+In the examples below, assume that the ${wl.home}
property
+has the value
+d:\weblogic
, and ${wl.home.unix}
has the value
+/weblogic
.
<path id="wl.path"> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/lib/weblogicaux.jar" /> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/classes" /> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/mssqlserver4/classes" /> - <pathelement location="c:\winnt\System32" /> + <pathelement location="${wl.home}/lib/weblogicaux.jar"/> + <pathelement location="${wl.home}/classes"/> + <pathelement location="${wl.home}/mssqlserver4/classes"/> + <pathelement location="c:\winnt\System32"/> </path> - <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="newpath" refid="wl.path"/> + <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="wl.path.unix" refid="wl.path"> + <map from="${wl.home}" to="${wl.home.unix}"/> + <map from="c:" to=""/> + </pathconvert>-
Assuming wl.property has the value "d:\weblogic", will generate the path shown below - and store it in the property named newpath +
will generate the path shown below
+and store it in the property named wl.path.unix
.
/weblogic/lib/weblogicaux.jar:/weblogic/classes:/weblogic/mssqlserver4/classes:/WINNT/SYSTEM32-Note that the drive letters have been removed. This is the default behavior when no map -elements have been specified.
- - <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="newpath" > - <path id="wl.path"> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/lib/weblogicaux.jar" /> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/classes" /> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/mssqlserver4/classes" /> - <pathelement location="c:\winnt\System32" /> - </path> - </pathconvert> --This generates the exact same path as the previous example. It demonstrates the use of -a nested path element. -
- <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="newpath" refid="wl.path"> - <map from="d:" to="/foo"/> - <map from="c:" to="/bar"/> - </pathconvert> --
This example specifies two map entries that will convert path elements that start with -c: to /dos and d: to /. The resulting path is shown -below.
--/weblogic/lib/weblogicaux.jar:/weblogic/classes:/weblogic/mssqlserver4/classes:/dos/WINNT/SYSTEM32 + <filelist id="custom_tasks.jars" + dir="${env.HOME}/ant/lib" + files="njavac.jar,xproperty.jar"/>-
- <pathconvert targetos="windows" property="newpath" > - <path id="wl.path"> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/lib/weblogicaux.jar" /> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/classes" /> - <pathelement location="${wl.home}/mssqlserver4/classes" /> - <pathelement location="/dos/winnt/System32" /> - </path> - <map from="/dos" to="c:\"/> - <map from="/" to="d:\"/> + <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="custom_tasks.jars" refid="custom_tasks.jars"> + <map from="${env.HOME}" to="/usr/local"/> </pathconvert>-
This example, similar to the one above but targetting windows, specifies two map -entries that will convert path elements that start with -/dos to c:\ and / to d:\. Note that the order of the -map elements was important here since / is a prefix of /dos. -The resulting path is shown below.
+will convert the list of files to the following Unix path:-d:\weblogic\lib\weblogicaux.jar;d:\weblogic\classes;d:\weblogic\mssqlserver4\classes;c:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 +/usr/local/ant/lib/njavac.jar:/usr/local/ant/lib/xproperty.jar-
<fileset dir="${src.dir}" id="src.files"> <include name="**/*.java"/> @@ -187,12 +166,11 @@ it defaults to the appropriate character for the current platform. Such a list then be used in another task, like javadoc, that requires a comma separated list of files. -
-Copyright © 2001 Apache Software Foundation. All rights -Reserved.
+Copyright © 2001,2002 Apache Software Foundation. +All rights Reserved.