macro scoping as private

[Raja Nagendra Kumar]

Hi,

Is it possible to make a macro private.. meaning, the macro could be called by other ant script with in the same xml file.. and not be called by any other script defined else where and imported using <import> task.

I understand ant is close to C's functional approach..but not sure if there is a way in ant.

Regards,
Nagendra
C.T.O
www.tejasoft.com

[Francis Galiegue-4]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:12, Raja Nagendra Kumar
<Nagendra.Raja@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to make a macro private.. meaning, the macro could be called
> by other ant script with in the same xml file.. and not be called by any
> other script defined else where and imported using <import> task.
>
> I understand ant is close to C's functional approach..but not sure if there
> is a way in ant.
>

AFAIK, no, there's no way to do that. <import> includes the file "as
is" (except that you need a <project> declaration in the ant file).

If you call ant files via <ant>, there is a way: by default, <ant> is
called with inheritall="true" (meaning, all properties defined in the
calling file are defined in the callee) and inheritrefs="false"
(meaning, all references are not inherited, such as <fileset
id="whatever">, and that includes macros).

I haven't tested either whether macro definitions can be overriden
(either within a task or within a file).

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[Raja Nagendra Kumar]

O.k Thank you.

>I haven't tested either whether macro definitions can be overriden
(either within a task or within a file).

I see macros can be overridden in the order they get loaded.

Regards,
Nagendra