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Alexander Abramovich
Alexander Abramovich

Reputation: 11458

Conditional property in Ant properties' file

Is it possible to set a property value in Ant property files (as opposed to build.xml) in a conditional way? For example, if apache.root property is set - the my_property will be ${apache.root}/myapp, /var/www/myapp otherwise. If not, what would be the common practice - reusable build.xml files?

Upvotes: 18

Views: 35767

Answers (4)

gyleg5
gyleg5

Reputation: 144

The OP was asking about a properties file, not within the ant build file. Unfortunately conditionals cannot be done from within the build file. What you can do is have separate property files for each set of dependant properties. For instance:

Build.xml

<condition property="app.name" value="appA">
    <equals arg1="${appName}" arg2="A" />
</condition>
<condition property="app.name" value="appB">
    <equals arg1="${appName}" arg2="B" />
</condition>
<property file="${app.name}.properties" />
<!-- since properties are immutable, set your defaults here -->
<property name="apache.root" value="/var" />
<property file="restOfProps.properties" />

appA.properties

apache.root=/appA

restOfProps.properties

my_property=${apache.root}/myapp

Upvotes: 1

Phil
Phil

Reputation: 420

One of the simplest form of condition you can use is:

<exec executable="hostname" outputproperty="hostname"/>
<condition property="python" value="/usr/bin/python3.4">
  <equals arg1="${hostname}"    arg2="host0"/>
</condition>
<property name="python" value="/usr/bin/python"/>

to accommodate different python installation path for example. Here, default install path is /usr/bin/python except for host0 where it /usr/bin/python3.4

Upvotes: 2

M The Developer
M The Developer

Reputation: 59

You can include different property files based on environments or the conditional variables. For example 

    <echo>Building ${ant.project.name} on OS: ${os.name}-${os.arch}</echo>
<property file="build-${os.name}.properties" />

this would include a file named 'build-Windows 7.properties' or 'build-Linux.properties' depending on where the build is being run. Of course the property directive looks in the current directory as well as home directory. So the property file could be a part of the build source or in the home directory of the build account.

You can use the condition tag to generate part of the name of the property file as well to select

Upvotes: 2

Mark O&#39;Connor
Mark O&#39;Connor

Reputation: 78021

Use the condition task:

<project name="demo" default="run">

    <condition property="my_property" value="${apache.root}/myapp" else="/var/www/myapp">
        <isset property="apache.root"/>
    </condition>

    <target name="run">
        <echo message="my_property=${my_property}"/>
    </target>

</project>

Upvotes: 32

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