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<h2><a name="filterset">FilterSet</a></h2>
<p>FilterSets are groups of filters. Filters can be defined as token-value
pairs
or be read in from a file. FilterSets can appear inside tasks that support this
feature or at the same level as <code><target></code> - i.e., as
children of
<code><project></code>.</p>
<p>FilterSets support the <code>id</code> and <code>refid</code>
attributes. You can define a FilterSet with an <code>id</code>
attribute and then refer to that definition from another FilterSet
with a <code>refid</code> attribute. It is also possible to nest
filtersets into filtersets to get a set union of the contained
filters.</p>
<p>In addition, FilterSets can specify
<code>begintoken</code> and/or
<code>endtoken</code> attributes to define what to match.</p>
<p>Filtersets are used for doing
replacements in tasks such as <code><copy></code>, etc.</p>
<p>Filters can also by specified by one or more nested propertysets, the
contents of which are applied when the filterset is created.</p>
<p>If you specify multiple values for the same token, the last one
defined within a filterset will be used.</p>
<p>
<strong>Note: </strong>When a filterset is used in an operation, the files are
processed in text mode and the filters applied line by line. This means that
the copy operations will typically corrupt binary files. When applying filters
you should ensure that the set of files being filtered are all text files.
</p>
<h2>Filterset</h2>
<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=1>
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<td vAlign=top><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td vAlign=top><b>Description</b></td>
<td vAlign=top><b>Default</b></td>
<td vAlign=top align="center"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td vAlign=top>begintoken</td>
<td vAlign=top>The string marking the beginning of a token (eg.,
<code>@DATE@</code>).</td>
<td vAlign=top>@</td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">No</td>
</tr>
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<td vAlign=top>endtoken</td>
<td vAlign=top>The string marking the end of a token (eg.,
<code>@DATE@</code>).</td>
<td vAlign=top>@</td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td vAlign=top>filtersfile</td>
<td vAlign=top>Specify a single filtersfile.</td>
<td vAlign=top><i>none</i></td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">No</td>
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<td vAlign=top>recurse</td>
<td vAlign=top>Indicates whether the replacement text of tokens
should be searched for more tokens. <b>Since Ant 1.6.3</b></td>
<td vAlign=top><i>true</i></td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">No</td>
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<tr>
<td vAlign=top>onmissingfiltersfile</td>
<td vAlign=top>Indicate behavior when a nonexistent <i>filtersfile</i>
is specified. One of "fail", "warn", "ignore". <b>Since Ant 1.7</b></td>
<td vAlign=top>"fail"</td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">No</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h2>Filter</h2>
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<tr>
<td vAlign=top><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td vAlign=top><b>Description</b></td>
<td vAlign=top align="center"><b>Required</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td vAlign=top>token</td>
<td vAlign=top>The token to replace (eg., <code>@DATE@</code>)</td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td vAlign=top>value</td>
<td vAlign=top>The value to replace it with
(eg., <code>Thursday, April 26, 2001</code>).</td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">Yes</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h2>Filtersfile</h2>
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<tr>
<td vAlign=top><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td vAlign=top><b>Description</b></td>
<td vAlign=top align="center"><b>Required</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td vAlign=top>file</td>
<td vAlign=top>A properties file of
name-value pairs from which to load the tokens.</td>
<td vAlign=top align="center">Yes</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<p>You are copying the <code>version.txt</code> file to the <code>dist</code>
directory from the <code>build</code> directory
but wish to replace the token <code>@DATE@</code> with today's date.</p>
<blockquote><pre>
<copy file="${build.dir}/version.txt" toFile="${dist.dir}/version.txt">
<filterset>
<filter token="DATE" value="${TODAY}"/>
</filterset>
</copy>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>You are copying the <code>version.txt</code> file to the <code>dist</code>
directory from the build directory
but wish to replace the token <code>%DATE*</code> with today's date.</p>
<blockquote><pre>
<copy file="${build.dir}/version.txt" toFile="${dist.dir}/version.txt">
<filterset begintoken="%" endtoken="*">
<filter token="DATE" value="${TODAY}"/>
</filterset>
</copy>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>Copy all the docs but change all dates and appropriate notices as stored in a file.</p>
<blockquote><pre>
<copy toDir="${dist.dir}/docs">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}/docs">
<include name="**/*.html">
</fileset>
<filterset begintoken="%" endtoken="*">
<filtersfile file="${user.dir}/dist.properties"/>
</filterset>
</copy>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>Define a FilterSet and reference it later.</p>
<blockquote><pre>
<filterset id="myFilterSet" begintoken="%" endtoken="*">
<filter token="DATE" value="${TODAY}"/>
</filterset>
<copy file="${build.dir}/version.txt" toFile="${dist.dir}/version.txt">
<filterset refid="myFilterSet"/>
</copy>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>You are copying the <code>version.txt</code> file to the <code>dist</code>
directory from the <code>build</code> directory
but wish to replace the token <code>@project.date@</code> with the property of the same name.</p>
<blockquote><pre>
<copy file="${build.dir}/version.txt" toFile="${dist.dir}/version.txt">
<filterset>
<propertyset>
<propertyref name="project.date"/>
</propertyset>
</filterset>
</copy>
</pre></blockquote>
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