Re: Zeus Ant task

Hi all!

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Dirk Ruediger wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Jason Bodnar wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to use the Ant task for Zeus that's mentioned in the User Guide.
> > I've added the following to my build.xml file:
> > 
> > <taskdef name="zeus" classname="org.enhydra.zeus.util.ZeusTask"/>
So I forgot to point out, that you will need to define the classpath to
search for the class org.enhydra.zeus.util.ZeusTask in your task
definition (see below!).

> > 
> > <target name="zeus" depends="init" description="make zeus classes">
> >   <zeus destDir="${src}" defaultJavaPackage="com.broadq.qcaststation.config">
> >     <constraint type="DTD" constraintFile="config.dtd" 
> >                 collapseSimpleElements="true"/>
> >   </zeus>
> > </target>
> > 
> > When I run ant I get:
> > 
> > BUILD FAILED
> > file:/home/jbodnar/projects/broadq/pcmiddle/java/build.xml:11: taskdef class
> > org.enhydra.zeus.util.ZeusTask cannot be found
> > 
> > The class is part of a jar file in /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0_01/jre/lib/ext.
> > 
> > What do I need to do for ant to find this class and define the task?
> 
> I defined my zeus-task (having both jars in my project's lib-dir) with
> 
>     <taskdef name="zeus"
>         classname="org.enhydra.zeus.util.ZeusTask">
>         <classpath>
>             <pathelement path="${build.lib}/zeus.jar" />
>             <pathelement path="${build.lib}/dtdparser114.jar" />
>         </classpath>
>     </taskdef>
> and use it -ant version 1.4.1- like this (all the properties are defined
> somewhere before or as arguments of an antcall-task):
> 
>     <target name="zeus">
>         <zeus sourceDir="${build.xmls}" destDir="${build.sources}">
>             <constraint type="${zeus.type}"
>                     javaPackage="${zeus.package}"
>                     constraintFile="${zeus.root}.${zeus.type}" />
>         </zeus>
>     </target>
> 
> And it works quite well!

regards, Dirk
-- 
Dirk Ruediger, Rostock, Germany