Ant Task to precompile JSP for Weblogic

[Gareth Western]

Hi, I'm trying to create an Ant task to execute the following command:

java -Dweblogic.jsp.windows.caseSensitive=true 
-classpath C:\bea\weblogic81\server\lib\weblogic.jar;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_05\jre\lib\tools.jar
weblogic.jspc
-d C:\bea\user_projects\domains\mydomain\myserver\.wlnotdelete\extract\myserver_myapp
-verbose
-verboseJavac
-compileAll

Now, the command works fine when run on its own from a command prompt, but I just can't get Ant to do it! I've tried using both the Java and Exec tasks, as follows:

<target name="precompile" depends="setup">
  <java classname="weblogic.jspc" dir="." fork="true">
    <jvmarg value="-Dweblogic.jsp.windows.caseSensitive=true"/>  
    <classpath>
      <pathelement location="${bea.home}/weblogic81/server/lib/weblogic.jar" />
      <pathelement location="${java.home}/lib/tools.jar" />
    </classpath>
    <arg value="-d ${bea.home}/user_projects/domains/mydomain/myserver/.wlnotdelete/extract/myserver_myapp" />    
    <arg value="-verbose"/>
    <arg value="-verboseJavac"/>
    <arg value="-compileAll"/>    
  </java>     
</target>

AND

<target name="precompile2" depends="setup">
  <exec executable="java -Dweblogic.jsp.windows.caseSensitive=true
-classpath C:\bea\weblogic81\server\lib\weblogic.jar;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_05\jre\lib\tools.jar
weblogic.jspc
-d C:\bea\user_projects\domains\mydomain\myserver\.wlnotdelete\extract\myserver_myapp
-verbose 
-verboseJavac 
-compileAll" 
dir="."/>    
</target>

When I execute the "precompile" task weblogic.jspc complains like so:

[java] Unrecognized option or flag, -d C:/bea/user_projects/domains/mydomain/myserver/.wlnotdelete/extract/myserver_myapp

When I execute "precompile2" it just says:

Execute failed: java.io.IOException: 
CreateProcess: "java -Dweblogic.jsp.windows.caseSensitive=true 
-classpath C:\bea\weblogic81\server\lib\weblogic.jar;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_05\jre\lib\tools.jar
weblogic.jspc 
-d C:\bea\user_projects\domains\mydomain\myserver\.wlnotdelete\extract\myserver_myapp 
-verbose
-verboseJavac
-compileAll" error=2

This is driving me crazy as I can't find anyone else who's had the same problem

Am I missing something blatently obvious here??

Note: I added a few extra linebreaks in the code above, in an attempt to make everything a bit more readable on small-res screens.
[ November 16, 2004: Message edited by: Gareth Western ]

[Scott Dunbar]

I use the wlappc command as I also sometimes have EJBs. My ant file has:

...
<taskdef name="wlappc" classname="weblogic.ant.taskdefs.j2ee.Appc" classpath="${wls.home}/server/lib/weblogic.jar"/>
 
...
<wlappc deprecation="true" source="build">
    <classpath>
        <path refid="wls.classpath" />
    </classpath>
</wlappc>

This compiles anything in the build directory that needs it. See the docs for more options.

[Gareth Western]

Thanks! I'll give that task a shot.

Just to answer my own question, I also found that the Ant task in this thread worked a treat.