Task definition for the propertycopy task, which copies the value of a
named property to another property. This is useful when you need to
plug in the value of another property in order to get a property name
and then want to get the value of that property name.
Usage:
Task declaration in the project:
<taskdef name="propertycopy" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.property.PropertyCopy" />
Call Syntax:
<propertycopy name="propname" from="copyfrom" (silent="true|false")? />
Attributes:
name --> The name of the property you wish to set with the value
from --> The name of the property you wish to copy the value from
silent --> Do you want to suppress the error if the "from" property
does not exist, and just not set the property "name". Default
is false.
Example:
<property name="org" value="MyOrg" />
<property name="org.MyOrg.DisplayName" value="My Organiziation" />
<propertycopy name="displayName" from="org.${org}.DisplayName" />
<echo message="${displayName}" />