{"id":326,"date":"2012-03-14T21:56:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T20:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/?p=326"},"modified":"2012-03-14T21:56:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T20:56:21","slug":"ant-contrib-for-loop-error-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/2012\/03\/14\/ant-contrib-for-loop-error-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant-Contrib for loop error"},"content":{"rendered":"

When trying to use Ant-Contrib for loops<\/a> today, I ran into the error below:<\/p>\n

BUILD FAILED
\nC:\\Projects\\…\\ant\\build.xml:200: Problem: failed to create task or type for
\nCause: The name is undefined.
\nAction: Check the spelling.
\nAction: Check that any custom tasks\/types have been declared.
\nAction: Check that any <presetdef>\/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To fix the error I had to update the Ant-Contrib taskdef resource path from using “antcontrib.properties” to use “antlib.xml” in my Ant build file.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t< View plain text<\/span> ><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t
code<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t
\n\t\t
  1. \/\/ Remove this line<\/div><\/li>\n
  2. <taskdef resource="net\/sf\/antcontrib\/antcontrib.properties><\/div><\/li>\n
  3. \/\/ And replace with this one<\/div><\/li>\n
  4. <taskdef resource="net\/sf\/antcontrib\/antlib.xml"><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

    According to the Ant-Contrib<\/a> manual (found in [Ant-Contrib install dir]\/docs\/manual\/index.html) you need to use the “antcontrib.properties” file when you want Ant-Contrib<\/a> to run with Ant Version 1.5. They even place a warning saying:<\/p>\n

    Keep in mind that some tasks will not be available to you , such as the <for> task<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The confusing part is that on the project page<\/a> they tell you to use the “antcontrib.properties” file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When trying to use Ant-Contrib for loops today, I ran into the error below: BUILD FAILED C:\\Projects\\…\\ant\\build.xml:200: Problem: failed to create task or type for Cause: The name is undefined. Action: Check the spelling. Action: Check that any custom tasks\/types … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[94,96,95],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","tag-ant","tag-ant-contrib","tag-contrib"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}