How can I get the value of the current target ant?
Does it exist a special variable something called TARGET?
How can I get the value of the current target ant?
Does it exist a special variable something called TARGET?
Based on the issue you have to patch ant or used javascript:
<target name="test">
<script language="javascript">
project.setNewProperty("current_target", self.getOwningTarget());
</script>
<echo>${current_target}</echo>
</target>
In ant 1.8.2 you can use ${ant.project.invoked-targets}
However, looking at the commit logs http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=663061 I'm guessing its been available since 1.7.1
My answer, using antcontrib
<macrodef name="showtargetname">
<attribute name="property"/>
<sequential>
<!-- make temporary variable -->
<propertycopy name="__tempvar__" from="@{property}"/>
<!-- Using Javascript functions to convert the string -->
<script language="javascript"> <![CDATA[
currValue = [project-name].getThreadTask(java.lang.Thread.currentThread()).getTask().getOwningTarget().getName();
[project-name].setProperty("__tempvar__", currValue);
]]>
</script>
<!-- copy result -->
<var name="@{property}" value="${__tempvar__}"/>
<!-- remove temp var -->
<var name="__tempvar__" unset="true"/>
</sequential>
</macrodef>
Usage:
<showtargetname property="mycurrenttarget"/>
I think you can't, unless you spend some time coding your own custom tasks (http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-writing-tasks.html)
The built-in properties you can display are: basedir, ant.file, ant.version, ant.project.name, ant.java.version
If you run ant using the -projecthelp
arg:
ant -projecthelp
you will get a listing of the main targets specified in the build.xml (or other build file as declared on the commandline).