Apache Ant TasksPathConvertPathconvertDescriptionConverts nested ResourceCollections, or a reference to just one, into a pathform for a particular platform, optionally storing the result intoa given property. It can also be used when you needto convert a Resource Collection into a list, separated by a givencharacter, such as a comma or space, or, conversely, e.g. to convert a listof files in a FileList into a path. Nested <map> elements can be specified to map Windowsdrive letters to Unix paths, and vice-versa. More complex transformations can be achieved using a nested<mapper>(since Apache Ant 1.6.2). Parameters | Attribute | Description | Required | | targetos | The target architecture. Must be one of 'unix', 'windows', 'netware', 'tandem' or 'os/2'. This is a shorthand mechanism for specifying both pathsep and dirsep according to the specified target architecture. | No | | dirsep | The character(s) to use as the directory separator in the generated paths. | No, defaults to current JVM File.separator | | pathsep | The character(s) to use as the path-element separator in the generated paths. | No, defaults to current JVM File.pathSeparator | | property | The name of the property in which to place the converted path. | No, result will be logged if unset | | refid | What to convert, given as a reference to a <path>, <fileset>, <dirset>, or <filelist> defined elsewhere | No; if omitted, a nested <path> element must be supplied. | | setonempty | Should the property be set, even if the result is the empty string? | No; default is "true". | | preserveduplicates | Whether to preserve duplicate resources. Since Ant 1.8 | No; default "false". | Parameters specified as nested elementsmapSpecifies the mapping of path prefixes between Unix and Windows. | Attribute | Description | Required | | from | The prefix to match. Note that this value is case-insensitive when the build is running on a Windows platform and case-sensitive when running on a Unix platform. Since Ant 1.7.0, on Windows this value is also insensitive to the slash style used for directories, one can use '/' or ''. | Yes | | to | The replacement text to use when from is matched. | Yes | Each map element specifies a single replacement map to be applied to the elements of the path being processed. If no map entries are specified, then no path prefix mapping is performed. Note: The map elements are applied in the order specified,and only the first matching map element is applied. So, the ordering ofyour map elements can be important, if any from values areprefixes of other from values. Resource CollectionsIf the refid attribute is not specified, then one or more nested ResourceCollections must be supplied. mapperA single nested <mapper> element can be specifiedto perform any of various filename transformations (since Ant 1.6.2). ExamplesIn the examples below, assume that the ${wl.home} propertyhas the valued:weblogic, and ${wl.home.unix} has the value/weblogic. Example 1 <path id="wl.path"> <pathelement location="${wl.home}/lib/weblogicaux.jar"/> <pathelement location="${wl.home}/classes"/> <pathelement location="${wl.home}/mssqlserver4/classes"/> <pathelement location="c:winntSystem32"/> </path> <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="wl.path.unix" refid="wl.path"> <map from="${wl.home}" to="${wl.home.unix}"/> <map from="c:" to=""/> </pathconvert> will generate the path shown belowand store it in the property named wl.path.unix. /weblogic/lib/weblogicaux.jar:/weblogic/classes:/weblogic/mssqlserver4/classes:/WINNT/SYSTEM32 Example 2Given a FileList defined as: <filelist id="custom_tasks.jars" dir="${env.HOME}/ant/lib" files="njavac.jar,xproperty.jar"/>then: <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="custom_tasks.jars" refid="custom_tasks.jars"> <map from="${env.HOME}" to="/usr/local"/> </pathconvert>will convert the list of files to the following Unix path:/usr/local/ant/lib/njavac.jar:/usr/local/ant/lib/xproperty.jar Example 3 <fileset dir="${src.dir}" id="src.files"> <include name="**/*.java"/> </fileset> <pathconvert pathsep="," property="javafiles" refid="src.files"/>This example takes the set of files determined by the fileset (all files endingin .java), joins them together separated by commas, and places the resultinglist into the property javafiles. The directory separator is not specified, soit defaults to the appropriate character for the current platform. Such a list couldthen be used in another task, like javadoc, that requires a comma separatedlist of files. Example 4 <pathconvert property="prop" dirsep="|"> <map from="${basedir}/abc/" to=''/> <path location="abc/def/ghi"/> </pathconvert> This example sets the property "prop" to "def|ghi" on Windows and on Unix. | 
