I found a thread on this topic in the archives, and tried to
find a way to reply so that the present message would be linked
into the same thread, but it doesn't seem possible :-)
I wanted to find out how to include one ant file into another
one, and I found the answer there, as well as in the FAQ. The
gist of it is that you insert the following "raw" XML at the
top of your ant file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE project [
<!ENTITY common SYSTEM "file:./common.xml">
]>
and then reference the entity &common; where you want your
inserted code to appear. The thing is, I can't figure out how
to specify the filename path any way other than using a hard-
coded absolute or relative path here. I tried to put in an
ant property variable, but of course XML doesn't recognize it.
Is there any way to put a variable into that filename path?
If not, well... the whole feature doesn't seem very useful.
I understand that this is a kind of "kludge", of course, but
are there any plans to incorporate an inclusion feature in ant
proper?
Dave Iannucci
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah
