Re: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread nswoboda
Thanks for the short term solution, it works like a charm. Nik > In the meantime one can write a custom task, or use

Re: Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread nswoboda
> It would be nice if there were a way for the xmlproperty task to create pro= > ps with an XPath like syntax. Something like: > > temp.properties.entry(key=3D"appName") would return Name I think that we would want something like this, the other suggestions imply some 'known' ordering on the pr

Using Java xml properties file with Ant

2007-07-20 Thread nswoboda
We are building a piece of software which has a number of Java properties files in xml format (the kind which are read with Properties.loadFromXML). An example: http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd";> Name Something 2.5 I would like to be able to read these files and use their proper