Examples for inline JavaScript in ant

functions.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Foo_Functions">

    <!--
        toLowerCase

        Converts the given subject into a lower case string and puts the result into the specified user property.

        Attributes:
            subject                 The string to convert
            targetPropertyName      Name of the property to store the result in
    -->
    <scriptdef name="toLowerCase" language="javascript">
        <attribute name="subject"/>
        <attribute name="targetPropertyName"/>
        var subject = attributes.get('subject');
        project.setUserProperty(attributes.get('targetpropertyname'), subject.toLowerCase());
    </scriptdef>

    <!--
        replace

        Replaces occurrences of "pattern" in the given subject by "replacement" and puts the result into the specified
        user property.

        Attributes:
            subject                 The original string
            pattern                 The string to find, may be a regular expression pattern
            replacement             The replacement for occurrences of pattern
            targetPropertyName      Name of the property to store the result in
    -->
    <scriptdef name="replace" language="javascript">
        <attribute name="subject"/>
        <attribute name="pattern"/>
        <attribute name="replacement"/>
        <attribute name="targetPropertyName"/>
        var subject = attributes.get('subject');
        project.setUserProperty(attributes.get('targetpropertyname'), subject.replace(attributes.get('pattern'), attributes.get('replacement')));
    </scriptdef>

    <!--
        jsonParse

        Parses the given JSON string and puts the result into properties

        Attributes:
            json                    The JSON string
            targetPropertyPrefix    A prefix for the resulting target properties, eg. "foo."
    -->
    <scriptdef name="jsonParse" language="javascript">
        <attribute name="json"/>
        <attribute name="targetPropertyPrefix"/>
        var obj = eval("(function(){return " + attributes.get('json') + ";})()");
        for (var key in obj) {
            if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
                project.setUserProperty(attributes.get('targetpropertyprefix') + key, obj[key]);
            }
        }
    </scriptdef>

</project>

Just call your functions likes this:

<toLowerCase subject="RobertLemke.com" targetPropertyName="foo"/>