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Ant example source code file (loadfile.xml)

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The loadfile.xml source code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<project name="loadfile-test" basedir="." default="testLoadAFile">


  <target name="init">
  </target>

  <target name="testNoSourcefileDefined" depends="init">
    <loadfile property="foo" />
  </target>

  <target name="testNoPropertyDefined"
    depends="init">
    <loadfile srcFile="somefile" />
  </target>


  <target name="testNoSourcefilefound"
    depends="init">
    <loadfile property="missing" srcFile="somefile" />
  </target>

  <target name="testFailOnError"
    depends="init">
    <loadfile
      property="testFailOnError"
      srcFile="somefile"
      failonerror="false"/>
  </target>

  <target name="testLoadAFile"
    depends="init">
    <echo
      message="What's it going to be then, eh?"
      file="loadfile1.tmp"
      />
    <loadfile property="testLoadAFile" srcFile="loadfile1.tmp" />
    <echo>${testLoadAFile}
  </target>

  <target name="testLoadAFileEnc"
    depends="init">
    <loadfile property="testLoadAFileEnc"
      srcFile="loadfile.xml"
      encoding="ISO-8859-1"/>
  </target>

  <target name="testEvalProps"
    depends="init">
    <property name="weather" value="rain" />
    <echo
      message="All these moments will be lost in time, like teardrops in the ${weather}"
      file="loadfile1.tmp"
      />
    <loadfile property="testEvalProps"
        srcFile="loadfile1.tmp">
        <filterchain>
          <expandproperties/>
        </filterchain>
    </loadfile>
    <echo>${testEvalProps}
  </target>

  <target name="testFilterChain"
    depends="init">
      <echo file="loadfile1.tmp">#Line 1
REM Line 2
--Line 3
Line 4
Hello World!</echo>
      <loadfile srcFile="loadfile1.tmp" 
        property="testFilterChain">
        <filterchain>
          <headfilter lines="5"/>
          <striplinecomments>
            <comment value="--"/>
            <comment value="REM "/>
            <comment value="#"/>
          </striplinecomments>
          <filterreader classname="org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TailFilter">
            <param name="lines" value="1"/>
          </filterreader>
          <linecontains>
            <contains value="World!"/>
          </linecontains>
        </filterchain>
      </loadfile>
  </target>

  <target name="testStripJavaComments"
    depends="init">
      <echo file="loadfile1.tmp">
/*
Comment "1"
*/
public class test1 {
    //Some comment
    int x = 1/2;
    private static final String GREETING="*/Hello/*";
    private static final String GREETING1="/*Hello*/";

    public static void main( String args[] ) {
    }
}</echo>
      <echo file="nocomments.tmp">

public class test1 {
    
    int x = 1/2;
    private static final String GREETING="*/Hello/*";
    private static final String GREETING1="/*Hello*/";

    public static void main( String args[] ) {
    }
}</echo>
      <loadfile srcFile="loadfile1.tmp" 
        property="testStripJavaComments">
        <filterchain>
          <stripjavacomments/>
        </filterchain>
      </loadfile>
      <loadfile srcFile="nocomments.tmp" 
        property="expected"/>
  </target>

  <target name="testOneLine"
    depends="init">
    <echo
      message="1,
2,
3,
4"
      file="loadfile1.tmp"
      />
    <loadfile property="testOneLine"
        srcFile="loadfile1.tmp">
      <filterchain>
        <striplinebreaks/>
      </filterchain>
    </loadfile>
    <echo>${testOneLine}
  </target>


  <target name="cleanup">
    <delete file="loadfile1.tmp"/>
    <delete file="nocomments.tmp"/>
  </target>

  </project>

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