<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <title>Ant User Manual</title> </head> <body> <h2><a name="antcall">AntCall</a></h2> <h3>Description</h3> <p>Call another target within the same build-file optionally specifying some properties (param's in this context)</p> <h3>Parameters</h3> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">target</td> <td valign="top">The target to execute.</td> <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> </tr> </table> <h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3> <h4>param</h4> <p>Specifies the properties to set before running the specified target. See <a href="property.html">property</a> for usage guidelines.</p> <h3>Examples</h3> <pre> <target name="default"> <antcall target="doSomethingElse"> <param name="param1" value="value"/> </antcall> </target> <target name="doSomethingElse"> <echo message="param1=${param1}"/> </target> </pre> <p>Will run the target 'doSomethingElse' and echo 'param1=value'.</p> <hr><p align="center">Copyright © 2000,2001 Apache Software Foundation. All rights Reserved.</p> </body> </html>