Would it make more sense to break up the file into other smaller ones
if regexp doesn't work? Then you could use loadfile for the header
content, have a property to store the items you want to add and another
loadfile for the rest of the document. Then you could echo the three
properties into a new file in the exact order you want. Also, if
you're doing loadfile, you could do expandproperties and turn any ${}'s
in the files into their actual values.
On Apr 28, 2005, at 11:35 AM, Nir Geier wrote:
To tell u the truth, im not worried.
the entry i have to add is a text to teh list,
all i want to to is to place anothe item in DTD list
its pure text and only entry name.
<!ELEMENT list(
item1,
item2,
item3,
...
itemx,
-- add item here
)>
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Agnew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 4:31 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Looking for task to add text to file.
Ok. Sounds like you're covering that (and you may want to worry about
other XML entities - & etc.). Your problem domain may be small
enough to require such a solution, but once you have to worry about
character encodings and the like then you'll run into other issues.
Butn
like I say, it's all dependent on what you're trying to achieve
(tactical vs.strategic and so on)
Nir Geier wrote:
im using x; to inser < >
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Agnew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 4:13 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Looking for task to add text to file.
If you're modifying XML then I'd strongly suggest using xmltask (I'm
biased here!) or equivalent.
Why ? A simple text search/replace doesn't respect the character
encoding conventions within your XML, and doesn't respect entity
encoding. e.g. you want to insert the text "x < y". If you do that
directly using a simple text search/replace then you'll end up with
invalid XML.
Brian
Nir Geier wrote:
i didnt fin teh :
2) using <tail> and <head> filters while <move>ing
- extract part before
- extract part after
using <concat> to combine before, new and after parts
you mentioned before.
where are the tail and head? (which task?)
Nir.
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