Re: [FreeMarker-user] Escape ${} variables.

[Attila S. <sze...@fr...>]

>
> I  could  imagine a replace type command that would allow "%{" to
represent the
> ANT variables, which then are replaced by "${" on generation.
>
> <#list project.components as comp>
>  <#replace from="%{" to="${">
>  <target name="${comp}.install" depends="${comp}.dist">
>    ...
>    <copy to="%{install.dir}/${comp}" >
>          <fileset dir="%{server.src}/${comp}">
>              <patternset refid="${comp}.sources"/>
>          </fileset>
>  </target>
>  </#replace>
>  ...
> </#list>
>

You can achieve the effects of the imaginary
  <#replace from="%{" to="${">
    ...
  </#replace>
directive with existing FreeMarker constructs - a body-capturing assign, and
the ?replace built-in:
  <#assign antTask>
     ...
  </#assign>
  ${antTask?replace("%{","${")}

Attila.