The <[CDATA[ .... ]]> bracketing simply tells the xml parser to read the enclosed text as raw text. This allows you to use embedded characters like < and >, and is quite handy when the text is code fragments which can contain a lot of these special characters. (It allows you to cut and paste into XML.)
The resulting parsed xml document is identical whether you use entities to escape individual characters or use CDATA. If your program writes the document out again, the CDATA will be gone and the corresponding text in the resulting document will escape individual characters with entities like > and <. Stan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Rettke Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:39 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Challenge: Find a plugin combo that achieves what 4 lines of bash script can do... On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Stan Devitt <[email protected]> wrote: > <plugin> > <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy.maven</groupId> > <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId> > <executions> > <execution> > <phase>generate-resources</phase> > <goals> > <goal>execute</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > <source> > <![CDATA[ > new File( "target" ).mkdirs(); > def resultfile = new File( "target/dictionary" ); > new File("src/main/dictionary").eachFileMatch(~/.*\.lst/){ file -> > file.readLines().sort().each(){resultfile << it.trim() + "\n";} > } > ]]> > </source> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> http://groovy.codehaus.org/GMaven+-+Executing+Groovy+Code#GMaven-ExecutingGroovyCode-ExecuteanInlineGroovyScript Why is the CDATA in there? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
