On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Brian Pontarelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, could someone please explain to me what ant is doing when it > constructs the embedded tasks that prevent them from seeing > properties?
The "normal" mode of Ant is to configure all nested elements of a task before executing that task. "configure" here includes invoking the setters for the attributes and expanding properties. So the attributes for your nested tasks get set before the property has been defined. > Last, does anyone have any work-arounds for this problem? Take a look at how <seqential> avoids this "normal" mode to allow property expansion to work for nested tasks in Ant 1.5 (it doesn't work in 1.4.x). The relevant change has been this <http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Sequential.java.diff?r1=1.7&r2=1.7.2.1> Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
