On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, John-Mason Shackelford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stefan,
>
>> Both tasks use Properties#load(InputStream)
>
> Ah, then this explains the behavior. When Ant loads a property file
> it is just pulling key-value pairs out of a HashTable. When a
> property is previously defined normal substitution occurs so that:
>
> my.property.one = foo
> my.property.two = ${my.property.one} bar
This works with <property> (because Ant takes two passes), like Erik
explains.
What you were talking about is using the same key twice in the same
properties file - and this is where my comment you cite applied to,
there is no (coded) difference between <loadproperty> and
<properties> as both would only see one of the values, and the
Property class of your VM has decided which one that is.
Stefan
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:ant-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:ant-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
