Ant problem with property substitutions.

[RJGraham]

Hello,

I have a few properties defined in my ant build file, but substitutions are
not occurring on all tasks.

For example, in the snippet below, my jar file gets named correctly with the
build number property value added to my jar file name, e.g. 'camlet1.jar'
for build.number = 1.
The mkdir task also creates the proper directory (ie., 'dist' directory is
created).

But, the copy task creates a directory named '$deploy' instead of 'dist' as
expected.
The two replace tasks also insert '$(build.nember)' instead of the build
number value.

What am I doing wrong?
I assume property substitutions should work with copy and replace.

Thanks for any help.

-Randy


<property name="build" location="build/"/>

<property name="dist" location="dist/"/>

<property name="deploy" location="dist/"/>

<target name="dist" depends="compile"

description="generate the distribution" >

<!-- Create the distribution directory -->

<mkdir dir="${dist}"/>

<jar jarfile="${dist}/camlet${build.number}.jar" basedir="${build}"

manifest="deployed/MANIFEST.MF"/>

<copy todir="$(deploy)/">

<fileset dir="deployed">

<exclude name="MANIFEST.MF"/>

</fileset>

</copy>

<replace file="$(deploy)/camlet.html" token="camlet.jad"
value="camlet$(build.number).jad"/>

<replace file="$(deploy)/camlet.jad" token="camlet.jar"
value="camlet$(build.number).jar"/>

</target>

 

[Tony Morris]

$(deploy)

is not the same as

${deploy}

Depending on what font you use, that should be obvious.
If it isn't, open this message in a hex editor.

--
Tony Morris
(BInfTech, Cert 3 I.T.)
Software Engineer
(2003 VTR1000F)
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform (1.4)
Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform

 

[RJGraham]

Thanks, but I don't understand....

-Randy

$(deploy)

is not the same as

${deploy}

Depending on what font you use, that should be obvious.
If it isn't, open this message in a hex editor.

--
Tony Morris
(BInfTech, Cert 3 I.T.)
Software Engineer
(2003 VTR1000F)
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform (1.4)
Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform

 

[Tony Morris]

Try this:

class X
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println('(' == '{');
System.out.println(')' == '}');
}
}

If you copy/paste it correctly and run it, you should see:
false
false

I don't know how else to explain it.
"$(deploy)".equals("${deploy}")
will return false.

--
Tony Morris
(BInfTech, Cert 3 I.T.)
Software Engineer
(2003 VTR1000F)
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform (1.4)
Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform

 

[Sudsy]

Thanks, but I don't understand....

-Randy

Tony gave you exactly the information you require, namely that
you are apparently trying to use regular brackets () instead of
the curly braces {} required.
Instead of
$(build.nember)
(sic), you should be usiung
${build.nember}
But if build.nember should actually be build.member then you've
already located your mistake...

 

[RJGraham]

Aaaarrrghhh !!!

Damn, what a stupid mistake !!!!

Thanks!

-Randy

 

[RJGraham]

Thanks,

That'll learn me for using tiny fonts with eclipse
(and my mail reader).

-Randy

Try this:

class X
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println('(' == '{');
System.out.println(')' == '}');
}
}

If you copy/paste it correctly and run it, you should see:
false
false

I don't know how else to explain it.
"$(deploy)".equals("${deploy}")
will return false.

--
Tony Morris
(BInfTech, Cert 3 I.T.)
Software Engineer
(2003 VTR1000F)
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform (1.4)
Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform

Thanks, but I don't understand....

-Randy

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