workspacePreferenceFile

This task reads a property file containing Eclipse workspace preferences and sets those preferences.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
PreferenceFileName	The name of the property file containing sorkspace preference	Yes
Overwrite	Whether or not to overwrite the preference value it it already exists	No, default is true
FailOnError	Whether or not the Ant build should fail if there was an error	No, default is true

Examples

• Read a preference property file and set its contained workspace preferences:

  <workspacePreferenceFile 
      PreferenceFileName="X:/MyPath/MySettings.preferences" 
      Overwrite="true" 
      failonerror="true" />

• Sample MySettings.preferences file:

  #
  classpathVariable.WAS_51_PLUGINDIR=F:/WAS51/AppServer
  #
  compiler.problem.unusedImport=ignore
  compiler.problem.staticAccessReceiver=ignore
  compiler.source=1.4
  #
  builder.invalidClasspath=abort
  classpath.exclusionPatterns=enabled
  #
  targetRuntime.runtimeTypeId=com.ibm.etools.websphere.runtime.v51.base
  targetRuntime.targetLocation=F:/WAS51/AppServer
  targetRuntime.targetName=buildExampleWAS51

 

Parent topic

Working with Ant

 

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