other option at place of tag

Question

<if>
   <bool>
      <isgreaterthan arg1="${abc}" arg2="${xyz}"/>
   </bool>
</if>

when i am running the code, it's showing the error if doesn't support the nested "bool" element. is there any other option is there at the place of bool which supported by if

Answer 1

You can use 'bool' tag within 'if' provided you use taskdef for "if" using the classname="ise.antelope.tasks.IfTask"

Eg:

<target name="compare">  <taskdef name="if" classname="ise.antelope.tasks.IfTask"/>  <var name="abc" value="2" />  <var name="xyz" value="1" />  <if>  <bool>  <isgreaterthan arg1="${abc}" arg2="${xyz}"/>  </bool>  <echo message="${abc} is greater than ${xyz}" />  </if>  </target>

Answer 2

Ant Flaka is a new Ant Plugin that provides an innovative Expression Language which makes many scripting part obsolete. Beside that Flaka provides conditional and repetitive control structures like when, unless, while, for, choose, switch .. Your if statement with Flaka would look like =

<project xmlns:fl="antlib:it.haefelinger.flaka">

  <property name="digitA" value="42"/>
  <property name="digitB" value="23"/>
  <property name="wordA"  value="abcd"/>
  <property name="wordB"  value="efgh"/>

  <!-- compare of digits -->
  <fl:when test=" '${digitA}' > '${digitB}' ">
    <echo>${digitA} gt ${digitB}</echo>
  </fl:when>

  <!-- example with string compare in switch -->
  <fl:switch value="${wordA}">
    <cmp gt="${wordB}">
      <echo>${wordA} gt ${wordB}</echo>
    </cmp>
    <cmp lt="${wordB}">
    <echo>${wordA} lt ${wordB}</echo>
    </cmp>
  </fl:switch>

</project>

please see the comprehensive Flaka Manual for further details !

Answer 3

The example works in antcontrib-1.0b2 but not the latest antcontrib-1.0b3

Found this after hitting a similar problem after an update

Answer 4

It looks like you're attempting to use the Antelope if task, as it (unlike the ant-contrib if) supports a nested bool element. But, the error message is indicative of the task not being defined correctly.

Check that you have the Antelope jar, and a suitable taskdef in your buildfile. I use this:

<taskdef resource="ise/antelope/tasks/antlib.xml"
         classpath="path/to/AntelopeTasks_3.5.1.jar" />

For details of what the task supports, see the documentation linked to above.