iterate int xml file using ant

Question

I´ve a Xml file with the struct below. I want to read the nod by node and call a specific task with the values without commom separator.In Ant this is possible ?

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Answer 1

thiagolsilva,

Using a combination of xmlproperty and javascript I was able to split a multi-element (same node) of a projects.xml file and use project node data fields in ant. All actions are performed in a single ant file, in a single execution.

The sample data projects.xml file from the example above:

    
        Project 1
        //someurl1
        project1
    
    
        Project 2
        //someurl2
        project2
    

Has to be transformed into following format of projects.xml file:

    
    Project 1;//someurl1;project1
    Project 2;//someurl2;project2

Here, the previous node elements were transformed into a single string with fields separated by ‘;’ character.

I have renamed the element “project” to “myProject” to avoid confusion, as I will be using ant “project” object in javascript.

Once we have flattened the repeatable xml node into a string, we can use the following ant script to iterate through the elements, read the flattened properties and use them as we wish.

  
  
    
      
    
    

    
    
    
    
  

  
    Process Projects
    
  

  
    

    
    
  

The files in: - C:\temp\lib\ProcessProjects.xml - the build - C:\temp\lib\projects.xml - the data - C:\temp\lib\ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar - the lib jar

The output:

C:\temp>ant -f ProcessProjects.xml

Buildfile: C:\temp\ProcessProjects.xml
init:
ProcessProjects:
     [echo] Process Projects
processLoopStep:
     [echo] myProject name = Project 1 url = //someurl1 package = project1
processLoopStep:
     [echo] myProject name = Project 2 url = //someurl2 package = project2
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 0 seconds

Regards, Jurek