The AntTask

The task parameters are:

• publication-id: The publication ID
• buildfile (optional): The location of the build file relative to the publication directory. If this parameter is not provided, the file is loaded from the default location (see section File Locations).
• target (optional): The build target. If this parameter is not provided, the default target is executed.
• properties.*: The project properties.
• ant.*: The command-line parameters for Ant (not implemented yet!)

Every time an AntTask is invoked, a log file is created unsing the XmlLogger (manual entry, JavaDoc). For the location of the log files, see section File Locations. The log history can be viewed at the URI

http://.../<publication>/logs/tasks/index.html

Any Ant project file can be used as a buildfile for the AntTask. There is one implicit property that is always set when an AntTask is executed:

• pub.dir: The absolute path of publication directory.

The runtime properties of the target can be set using task parameters with the prefix properties, e. g. properties.filename for a buildfile property named filename.

The implementation of custom Ant tasks is described in the Ant User Manual. If you want to write a general Lenya task, put it into the package org.lenya.cms.ant. If you want to write a task that is only suited for your publication, put it in the <publication>/java/src/ directory.

Default buildfile location:

<publication>/config/tasks/targets.xml

Log files:

<publication>/logs/tasks/*.xml

Log file presentation stylesheets:

<webapp>/lenya/xslt/logs/*.xsl

The following buildfile contains the target publish that can be invoked using the AntTask:

<project name="Example Project" default="publish" basedir=".">

  <!-- implicit properties (set by the AntTask) -->
  <property name="pub.dir" value=""/>

  <!-- publishing properties -->
  <property name="authoring.dir" value="content/authoring"/>
  <property name="live.dir" value="content/live"/>
  <property name="publish.sources" value=""/>

  <target name="publish">
    <echo>Publish: Copying files from ${authoring.dir} to ${live.dir}</echo>
    <copy todir="${pub.dir}/${live.dir}">
      <fileset dir="${pub.dir}/${authoring.dir}">
        <include name="${publish.sources}"/>
      </fileset>
    </copy>
  </target>

</project>

You define the task in your tasks.xconf file:

<task id="ant" class="org.lenya.cms.task.AntTask"/>

To invoke the task from your sitemap, you have to define an appropriate TaskAction instance:

<map:action name="publish"
    src="org.lenya.cms.cocoon.acting.TaskAction">
  <task id="ant"/>
</map:action>

You call the action in a pipeline:

<map:match pattern="publish.html">
  <map:act type="publish">
    ...
  </map:act>
</map:match>

And finally, go to your browser and call the URI with the appropriate parameter(s):

http://.../publish.html?properties.publish.sources=test.xml