Is it possible to have Ant print out the classpath for a particular target? If so, how?
Solution 1
Use the pathconvert
task to convert a path to a property
<path id="classpath">
....
</path>
<pathconvert property="classpathProp" refid="classpath"/>
<echo>Classpath is ${classpathProp}</echo>
Solution 2
This is even easier with versions of Ant > 1.6
<echo>${toString:classpath}</echo>
See http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html#pathshortcut for more information
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Updated on April 25, 2020Comments
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Daryl Spitzer about 4 years
I'm trying to get a target to build that has quite a long list of
<pathelement location="${xxx}"/>
and<path refid="foo.class.path"/>
elements in its<path id="bar.class.path">
element (in the build.xml file). I keep getting "package com.somecompany.somepackage does not exist" errors, and I'm having a hard time chasing down these packages and making sure I've synced them from our repository.I'm new to this team so I'm unfamiliar with the build, but I would prefer to figure this out myself if possible (so I don't bother the other very busy team members). I have very limited experience with Ant.
I think it would save me quite a bit of time if I could have Ant print out the classpath for the target I'm trying to build.