Question

I have script that dosn’t work becouse property once set became unwritable

<target name="test" >

    <fileset id="dir1" dir="./dir1"/>
    <fileset id="dir2" dir="./dir2"/>

    <pathconvert property="path.converted" refid="dir1"/>
    <echo message="${path.converted}"/>
    <property name="path.converted" value="set this property manually"/>
    <echo>${path.converted}</echo>
    <pathconvert property="path.converted" refid="dir2"/>
    <echo message="${path.converted}"/>
</target>

always echoed the same result, but I want that echoes was different

I read in Apache Ant 1.8.0 release, that

Lexically scoped local properties,
i.e. properties that are only defined
inside a target, sequential block or
similar environment. This is very
useful inside of s where a
macro can now define a temporary
property that will disappear once the
task has finished.

How to use them?

Answer 1

I found solution. Use local task

<target name="direct" depends="">

    <fileset id="dir1" dir="./dir1"/>
    <fileset id="dir2" dir="./dir2"/>

    <!--<property name="path.converted" value="0"/>-->
    <local name="path.converted"/>

    <pathconvert property="path.converted" refid="dir1"/>
    <echo message="${path.converted}"/>
    <local name="path.converted"/>
    <property name="path.converted" value="0"/>

    <echo>${path.converted}</echo>
    <local name="path.converted"/>
    <pathconvert property="path.converted" refid="dir2"/>
    <echo message="${path.converted}"/>

</target>