Java/Ant/Condition
Condition for file change
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Apache Ant Properties Project" default="compile" basedir=".">
<fileset dir="." id="uptodate.id">
<include name="src/jstl/One.java"/>
</fileset>
<property name="jstl.src" value="jstl"/>
<property name="jstl.jar" value="jstl.jar"/>
<condition property="jstl.src.exists">
<available file="${jstl.src}" filepath="./src"/>
</condition>
<condition property="jstl.jar.exists">
<available file="${jstl.jar}" filepath="./lib"/>
</condition>
<condition property="uptodate">
<uptodate>
<srcfiles refid="uptodate.id"/>
<mapper type="merge" to="./One.java"/>
</uptodate>
</condition>
<target name="checkout-jstl" unless="jstl.src.exists">
<echo message="Checking out ${jstl.jar}"/>
</target>
<target name="build-jstl" depends="checkout-jstl" unless="jstl.jar.exists">
<echo message="Building ${jstl.jar}"/>
</target>
<target name="compile" if="uptodate">
<echo message="File changed: ${uptodate}"/>
</target>
<condition property="is.fileset">
<isreference refid="uptodate.id" type="fileset"/>
</condition>
<target name="fileset-prepare">
<echo message="Value of is.fileset = ${is.fileset}"/>
</target>
</project>
Specify condition
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Apache Ant Properties Project" default="do-windows" basedir=".">
<condition property="is.windows">
<os family="windows"/>
</condition>
<condition property="is.unix">
<os family="unix"/>
</condition>
<target name="do-windows" if="is.windows">
<echo message="This is Windows"/>
</target>
<target name="do-unix" if="is.unix">
<echo message="This is Unix"/>
</target>
</project>
Target based on condition
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Apache Ant Properties Project" default="do-windows" basedir=".">
<condition property="is.windows">
<os family="windows"/>
</condition>
<condition property="is.unix">
<os family="unix"/>
</condition>
<target name="do-windows" if="is.windows">
<echo message="This is Windows"/>
</target>
<target name="do-unix" if="is.unix">
<echo message="This is Unix"/>
</target>
</project>