#235 "for" task not listed in antcontrib.properties

[Alan]

Is there some reason why the "for" task is not listed in antcontrib.properties?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

I cannot answer why it isn't in the antcontrib.properties, but it is in the antlib.xml. You could use that instead. It is what I ended up doing.

[Mario Frasca]

well, it actually *is* listed in antcontrib.properties, but on a comment line.

{{{
# Tasks Requiring Ant 1.6 or higher
#for=net.sf.antcontrib.logic.For
math=net.sf.antcontrib.math.MathTask
}}}

you might want to alter the jar...
or include all of the task definitions in your own resource file: if you already have one it's hardly any extra work.

and, about your question, I'm also asking!

[Anonymous]

I modified the jar. Adding:

for=net.sf.antcontrib.logic.ForTask

to the Logic tasks section did the trick.

[Anonymous]

Since 1.0b3 is still the "current" version, I would really urge those involved to put a note about using the xml file on the home page (http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/) or the download page. I have just spent most of a day tracking this down. The warning "Could not load definitions from resource org/apache/tools/ant/antlib.xml." is very misleading.

You do a great job with this project. It would be great to help users to make it work more easily.

[Ian]

I used the following work around....

<echo message="for requires ant version greater than or equal to ant 1.6.0." />
<antversion property="antversion" />
<echo message="You are running antversion = ${antversion}" />
<echo>
************ Ant Contrib ************
antcontrib.dir = ${antcontrib.dir}
antcontrib.jar.filename = ${antcontrib.jar.filename}
antcontrib.jar.filename location="${antcontrib.dir}/${antcontrib.jar.filename}"
************ ************
</echo>

<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="${antcontrib.dir}/${antcontrib.jar.filename}" />
</classpath>
</taskdef>
<taskdef name="for" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.logic.ForTask">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="${antcontrib.dir}/${antcontrib.jar.filename}" />
</classpath>
</taskdef>
<echo message="The first five letters of the alphabet are:" />
<for list="a,b,c,d,e" param="letter">
<sequential>
<echo>Letter @{letter}</echo>
</sequential>
</for>