Question

I have a folder containing several jar files which should all go to a classpath:

<path id="my.classpath">
    <fileset dir="/tmp/mylibs" includes="*.jar" />
</path>

Now I would like to be able to reference all these jar files as a seperate property,
e.g. if I have two jar files foo.jar and bar.jar then I would like to be able to reference them like

${foo.jar} (== /tmp/mylibs/foo.jar) 
${bar.jar} (== /tmp/mylibs/bar.jar)

Is that somehow possible in Ant?

Thanks, Peter

Answer 1

With help of ant-contrib you can try this:

<target name="test">
    <ac:for param="file">
        <fileset dir="/tmp/mylibs" includes="*.jar"/>
        <sequential>
                <antcall target="setImpl">
                    <param name="file" value="@{file}"/>
                </antcall>
                <echo>param: @{file}</echo>
        </sequential>
    </ac:for>
</target>

<target name="setImpl">
    <property name="filename" value="${file}" />
    <echo>property: ${filename}</echo>
</target>

For overriding property value (if you need) purpose you can also use ant-contrib