Using xmlProperty task with GANT

Question

I am writing a task with gant and I am getting struggled with the task xmlProperty. I have this example xml file:

<root>
    <properties>
        <foo>bar</foo>
    </properties>
</root>

and when I do:

ant.xmlproperty(file:"myFile.xml")
println "${root.properties.foo}"

nothing is printed. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Not sure (hence the comment), but does `println ant.property( name:'someName', value:'${root.properties.foo}' )` work for you? — tim_yates, Apr 28 '14 at 11:23
Yes, it works @tim_yates! Not sure why it is not working with double quotes, which I tried before. Thanks! — Fran García, Apr 28 '14 at 11:28
Ahhh, when you use double quotes, Groovy jumps in and tries to evaluate it as a Groovy String before passing it to antbuilder — tim_yates, Apr 28 '14 at 11:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '14 at 11:30

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xmlproperty loads the file in to Ant properties, not Groovy variables, so you need to access them via project.properties on the AntBuilder instance:

println ant.project.properties.'root.properties.foo'

answered Apr 28 '14 at 11:30

Ian Roberts

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