LoadProperties Task

LoadProperties

Description

Load a file's contents as Ant properties. This is equivalent to <property file|resource="..."/> except that it supports nested <filterchain> elements.

If you want to simulate property's prefix attribute, please use prefixlines filter.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
srcFile	source file	One of these
resource	the resource name of the property file	One of these
encoding	encoding to use when loading the file	No
classpath	the classpath to use when looking up a resource.	No
classpathref	the classpath to use when looking up a resource, given as reference to a <path> defined elsewhere..	No

The LoadProperties task supports nested FilterChains, as well as a nested <classpath> element for use with the resource attribute.

Examples

    <loadproperties srcFile="file.properties"/>

Load contents of file.properties as Ant properties.

    <loadproperties srcFile="file.properties">
      <filterchain>
        <linecontains>
          <contains value="import."/>
        </linecontains>
      </filterchain>
    </loadproperties>

Read the lines that contain the string "import." from the file "file.properties" and load them as Ant properties.