Find a class or resource on the supplied classpath, or the system classpath if none is supplied. The named property is set if the item can be found. For example:
<whichresource resource="/log4j.properties" property="log4j.url"/>
| Attribute | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| property | The property to fill with the URL of the resource of class. | Yes |
| class | The name of the class to look for. | Exactly one of these |
| resource | The name of the resource to look for. | |
| classpath | The classpath to use when looking up class or resource. | No |
| classpathref | The classpath to use, given as a reference to a path defined elsewhere. Since Apache Ant 1.7.1. | No |
Whichresource's classpath attribute is
a path-like structure and can also be set via a
nested <classpath> element.
The following shows using a classpath reference.
<path id="bsf.classpath">
<fileset dir="${user.home}/lang/bsf" includes="*.jar"/>
</path>
<whichresource property="bsf.class.location"
class="org.apache.bsf.BSFManager"
classpathref="bsf.classpath"/>
<echo>${bsf.class.location}</echo>
The following shows using a nested classpath.
<whichresource property="ant-contrib.antlib.location"
resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml">
<classpath>
<path path="f:/testing/ant-contrib/target/ant-contrib.jar"/>
</classpath>
</whichresource>
<echo>${ant-contrib.antlib.location}</echo>