Ant User Manual

AntCall

Description

Call another target within the same build-file optionally specifying some properties (param's in this context)

By default, all of the properties of the current project will be available in the new project. Alternatively, you can set the inheritAll attribute to false and only "user" properties (i.e., those passed on the command-line) will be passed to the new project. In either case, the set of properties passed to the new project will override the properties that are set in the new project (See also the property task).

You can also set properties in the new project from the old project by using nested param tags. These properties are always passed regardless of the setting of inheritAll. This allows you to parameterize your subprojects.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
target	The target to execute.	Yes
inheritAll	If `true`, pass all properties to the new Ant project. Defaults to `true`.	No

Parameters specified as nested elements

param

Specifies the properties to set before running the specified target. See property for usage guidelines.

Examples

  <target name="default">
    <antcall target="doSomethingElse">
      <param name="param1" value="value"/>
    </antcall>
  </target>

  <target name="doSomethingElse">
    <echo message="param1=${param1}"/>
  </target>

Will run the target 'doSomethingElse' and echo 'param1=value'.