Yes, you sould use the antlib.xml and not the .properties resource. The .properties one is meant for compatibility with ant 1.5.
Peter On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > There are two ways of declaring new tasks: > - with properties files > - with antlib.xml files: since Ant 1.6 > With Ant 1.6 <macrodef> was introduced with the notion of @{localParameter}. > <ac:for> is the <ac:foreach> equivalent but using the macro way. > > The difference between <ac:for> and <ac:foreach> is that the latter creates a > new project instance for each iteration which requires additional resources. > So the prefered way is using <ac:for>. > But <ac:foreach> works with Ant before 1.6, so if you have that .... (i > recommend updating Ant to 1.8 ;) > > > Jan > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: David Weintraub [mailto:[email protected]] >> Gesendet: Freitag, 16. April 2010 05:32 >> An: Ant Users List >> Betreff: Re: where to download the latest ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Andy2008 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > I did download that zip file and as I mentioned in my post, >> the issue is >> > there's no for loop in the antcontrib.properties. >> >> >> You're absolutely correct! >> >> I can't believe it. I never used the "for" task, so never >> noticed it before. >> There is certainly a class for it >> (net.sf.antcontrib.logic.forTask), but >> it's not there. >> >> I did manage to change taskdef to <taskdef >> resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"/> and that worked. I >> noticed the >> antlib.xml file in there, and the "for" task is defined there. >> >> Here's my build file: >> >> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"> >> <classpath> >> <pathelement location="${basedir}/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"/> >> </classpath> >> </taskdef> >> <target name="foo"> >> <echo message="The first five letters of the alphabet are:"/> >> <for list="a,b,c,d,e" param="letter"> >> <sequential> >> <echo>Letter @{letter}</echo> >> </sequential> >> </for> >> </target> >> </project> >> >> >> -- >> David Weintraub >> [email protected] >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
