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From: Rob van Oostrum <rvanoostrum@ezgov.com>
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] The late stuff
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaah ok I see what you're getting at now. That'll work. Only
difference being I have to introduce one prop file per project. That's a
pain (more work for yours truly), but it'll work.

Stefan Bodewig wrote:

> Rob van Oostrum <rvanoostrum@ezgov.com> wrote:
>
> > My master build file invokes my generic app build script passing the
> > project name as a property. So the name of the property in the
> > generic app script is httpd.service.name.${project.name}
>
> I'm not sure whether I fully understand your case, but let me explain
> how I would solve this (if it doesn't solve your problem, I've not
> understood it 8-):
>
> In your build file
>
> <property file="${project.name}.properties" />
> <property name="httpd.service.name" value="your-default-value" />
>
> and define httpd.service.name in the apropriate properties file - on a
> developer by developer basis.
>
> Why wouldn't this work?
>
> > If the code for parsing these strings is set up to work recursively
> > (the only 'drawback' IMHO would be that you can't use the ${} chars
> > in property names, which is a good rule to have anyway),
>
> It would be yet another step on the road to an XML scripting language
> (that Ant has allegedly already become).
>
> Stefan