XmlProperty

Loads property values from a valid xml file.

Attribute	Description	Required
file	The XML file to parse.	Yes
prefix	The prefix to prepend to each property	No
keepRoot	If false, it doesn't include the xml root tag as a first value in the property name.	No, default is true.
validate	If true, it enables validation.	No, default is false.
collapseAttributes	If true, it treats attributes as nested elements.	No, default is false.

   <xmlproperty file="somefile.xml" />

Load contents of somefile.xml as Ant properties, generating the property names from the file's element and attribute names.

 

   <root-tag myattr="true">

    <inner-tag someattr="val">Text</inner-tag>

    <a2><a3><a4>false</a4></a3></a2>

   </root-tag>

This is an example xml file.

   root-tag(myattr)=true

   root-tag.inner-tag=Text

   root-tag.inner-tag(someattr)=val

   root-tag.a2.a3.a4=false

These are the properties loaded by this task from the previous example file.

   <xmlproperty file="somefile.xml" collapseAttributes="true"/>

Load contents of somefile.xml as Ant properties collapsing attributes as nodes.

   root-tag.myattr=true

   root-tag.inner-tag=Text

   root-tag.inner-tag.someatt=val

   root-tag.a2.a3.a4=false

These are the properties loaded by this task from the previous example file, with attribute collapsing true.