Question

I declare the following classpath reference for my application librairies:

<path id='libraries'>     <fileset dir='${lib.dir}' includes='**/*.jar' /> </path > 

I can compile the code using the classpath of the librairies:

<javac srcdir='${src}' destdir='${build.classes}' classpathref='libraries'/> 

But I cannot find a way to include the fileset of librairies also in my WAR file:

<war destfile='${release.dir}/rel.war' webxml='${webinf}'>     <classes dir='${build.classes}'/>       <!-- I need to copy paste the same directory declaration! -->     <lib dir='${lib.dir}' includes='**/*.jar'/>  </war> 

How can I replace the ‘lib’ declaration with something that reuse the same path as in my javac task?

Answer 1

Declare the fileset out of the path and assign it an identifier:

<fileset id='xxx' dir='...' includes='...' /> 

Then reference the identifier in both declarations (lib specifies a fileset, so you don’t have to use nesting):

<path id='libraries'>     <fileset refid='xxx'/> </path> ... <lib refid='xxx'/>