Question

this is my string com.element.subelement

I want to use propertyregex to replace all . with /, and use that output as a directory path.

It seemed like propertyregex would be the tool for this, but maybe I am using its regexp property incorrectly.

How would I use regex to find the . only, I don’t want to assume that the string is 3 alphabet portions separated by periods. also perhaps propertyregex is not the tool for the job

here is one that works where I assume that a package name only have 2 periods

<!-- set package name to folder directory -->
    <propertyregex 
        property="current.target.dir"
          input="com.element.subelement"
          regexp="(.+?)\.(.+?)\.(.+?)"
          replace="\1/\2/\3"
          casesensitive="false" />

    <echo>${current.target.dir}</echo>

Answer 1

Simply replacing \. with / should accomplish what you’re looking for, if I understand. However, this will only replace the first instance on a line by default, so you have to add the property global="true":

<propertyregex 
    property="current.target.dir"
      input="com.element.subelement"
      regexp="\."
      replace="/"
      global="true" />