Question

Is there a way to access the Project object from a NAnt extension function, as can be done from an extension task?

In this example, I want to use the BaseDirectory property inside the Bar function:

[FunctionSet('foo', 'Foo')] public class FooFunctions : FunctionSetBase {     public FooFunctions(Project project, PropertyDictionary properties)         : base(project, properties)     {         // When does this constructor gets called?     }      [Function('bar')]     public static string Bar(string name)     {         return 'Bar!'; // How to get at project.BaseDirectory?     } } 

I’m new to NAnt extensions, so I don’t know if this is even a valid question or if I should approach the problem differently.

Answer 1

Great question Tom. The abstract base class, FunctionSetBase, has a property called Project that you can access from the Bar function. However, I noticed that the Bar function is declared static, which is not always necessary (but not wrong).

The following should be completely legal in NAnt world:

Function('bar')] public string Bar(string name) {     string baseDirectory = Project.BaseDirectory;     return baseDirectory;  } 

Are you seeing any problems?