Pathconvert

Description

Converts a nested <path> or reference to a Path, FileSet, DirSet, or FileList into a path form for a particular platform, and stores the result in a given property. It can also be used when you need to convert a Path, FileSet, or DirSet into a list, separated by a given character, such as a comma or space, or, conversely, to convert a list of files in a FileList into a path.

Nested <map> elements can be specified to map Windows drive letters to Unix paths, and vice-versa.

Parameters

Attribute Description Required
targetos The target architecture. Must be one of 'unix', 'windows', 'netware', 'tandem' or 'os/2'. This is a shorthand mechanism for specifying both pathsep and dirsep according to the specified target architecture. Yes, unless pathsep and/or dirsep are specified.
dirsep The character(s) to use as the directory separator in the generated paths. No, defaults to current JVM File.separator
pathsep The character(s) to use as the path-element separator in the generated paths. No, defaults to current JVM File.pathSeparator
property The name of the property in which to place the converted path. Yes
refid What to convert, given as a reference to a <path>, <fileset>, <dirset>, or <filelist> defined elsewhere No; if omitted, a nested <path> element must be supplied.
setonempty Should the property be set, even if the result is the empty string? No; default is "true".

Parameters specified as nested elements

map

Specifies the mapping of path prefixes between Unix and Windows.

Attribute Description Required
from The prefix to match. Note that this value is case-insensitive when the build is running on a Windows platform and case-sensitive when running on a Unix platform. Yes
to The replacement text to use when from is matched. Yes

Each map element specifies a single replacement map to be applied to the elements of the path being processed. If no map entries are specified, then no path prefix mapping is performed.

Note: The map elements are applied in the order specified, and only the first matching map element is applied. So, the ordering of your map elements can be important, if any from values are prefixes of other from values.

path

If the refid attribute is not specified, then a nested <path> element must be supplied. See Path-like Structures for details.

Examples

In the examples below, assume that the ${wl.home} property has the value d:\weblogic, and ${wl.home.unix} has the value /weblogic.

Example 1

    <path id="wl.path">
      <pathelement location="${wl.home}/lib/weblogicaux.jar"/>
      <pathelement location="${wl.home}/classes"/>
      <pathelement location="${wl.home}/mssqlserver4/classes"/>
      <pathelement location="c:\winnt\System32"/>
    </path>
    
    <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="wl.path.unix" refid="wl.path">
      <map from="${wl.home}" to="${wl.home.unix}"/>
      <map from="c:" to=""/>
    </pathconvert>

will generate the path shown below and store it in the property named wl.path.unix.

/weblogic/lib/weblogicaux.jar:/weblogic/classes:/weblogic/mssqlserver4/classes:/WINNT/SYSTEM32

Example 2

Given a FileList defined as:
  <filelist id="custom_tasks.jars"
        dir="${env.HOME}/ant/lib"
        files="njavac.jar,xproperty.jar"/>
then:
    <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="custom_tasks.jars" refid="custom_tasks.jars">
      <map from="${env.HOME}" to="/usr/local"/>
    </pathconvert>
will convert the list of files to the following Unix path:
/usr/local/ant/lib/njavac.jar:/usr/local/ant/lib/xproperty.jar

Example 3

    <fileset dir="${src.dir}" id="src.files">
      <include name="**/*.java"/>
    </fileset>
  
    <pathconvert pathsep="," property="javafiles" refid="src.files"/>

This example takes the set of files determined by the fileset (all files ending in .java), joins them together separated by commas, and places the resulting list into the property javafiles. The directory separator is not specified, so it defaults to the appropriate character for the current platform. Such a list could then be used in another task, like javadoc, that requires a comma separated list of files.


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