Problem using ant to create a jar...

Question

Hi,
I am trying to create a JAR, and amongst other things include in that a directory called docs. I would like both the directory and its contents included, not just the contents.
I can get this to work, but when using a property it doesn't!
Within my jar task
               <fileset dir=".">
                    <include name="doc/**"/>
               </fileset>will work just fine. However,
               <fileset dir=".">
                    <include name="${doc}/**"/>
               </fileset>will not do anything, with doc defined as:
<property name="doc" location="doc" />Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, that's pretty standard code (except you don't need the .newInstance() just loading the class does it).
I haven't experimented much with Class-Path in jars, but I still think a ClassLoader problem is the most likely cause. Try something like this:
try {
     Class driverClass = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
     Driver driver = (Driver)driverClass.newInstance();
     java.util.Properties conProps = new java.util.Properties();
      conProps.setProperty("user", "root");
      conProps.setProperty("password", "");
     dbConnection = driver.connect("jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/bdd/", conProps);
catch(ClassNotFoundException) {
....(Of course I might be way off track, and we might have missed something simpler).