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Wender

Reputation: 1001

How to fix Ant import which is only allowed as a top-level task?

The code below throws the following error: import only allowed as a top-level task

<target name="packfiles">
        <if>
            <equals arg1="${pack.type}" arg2="impl1" />
            <then>
                <import as="packimpl" file="myImplementation1.xml">
            </then>
            <else>
                 <import as="packimpl" file="myImplementation2.xml">
            </else>
        </if>

        <antcall target="packimpl.build" />

</target>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1188

Answers (2)

Ravindranath Barathy
Ravindranath Barathy

Reputation: 791

<ac:if> <isset property="some_property_is_set" /> <then> <import file="file1.xml" /> </then> </ac:if>

Try the above before you start declaring the targets

"On execution it will select the proper ProjectHelper to parse the imported file, using the same algorithm as the one executed at startup. The selected ProjectHelper instance will then be responsible to actually parse the imported file"

Source: http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/import.html

Upvotes: 2

M A
M A

Reputation: 72864

The task documentation explicitly mentions this:

The import task may only be used as a top-level task. This means that it may not be used in a target.

To solve it, simply move the import outside the target.

<project ...>

   ...

   <if>
       <equals arg1="${pack.type}" arg2="impl1" />
       <then>
           <import as="packimpl" file="myImplementation1.xml">
       </then>
       <else>
            <import as="packimpl" file="myImplementation2.xml">
       </else>
   </if>


   <target name="packfiles">        
      <antcall target="packimpl.build" />
   </target>

   ...

</project>

Upvotes: 3

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