Using variables in WLST Script ant task

Question

I have multiple scipts that are run using ant tasks, however, I do not want to have to enter the password every time one of these scripts is executed. Instead I would like to use the following ant task to store the password in a variable/property:
<target name="getPassword" >
     <echo message="Domain: ${domain}" />
<echo message="Username: system" />
<input message="Please enter password:" addproperty="password" />
</target>
I would then like to use that variable/property everytime a script is executed like this:
     <target name="deploy4x">
          <echo message="***** Copying 4X.ear *****" />
          <copy file="${build.path}\jar\4X.ear" todir="${apps.dir}" preservelastmodified="true"/>     
          <echo message="***** Updating 4X.ear on ${domain} *****"/>
          <wlst debug="true" fileName="Deploy4X.py" executeScriptBeforeFile="true" failonerror="true" >
               <script>
                    connect('system','%s' % ${password},'%s' % $url)
               </script>
          </wlst>
     </target>
However, the script blows up every time I try to run it b/c of the connect() line. I have also tried connect('system','%s' % password, '%s' % url).
Has anyone else successfully used variables in an Ant WLST Script task?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
when I use *XDIM_MEMBERSET ACCOUNT AS %TEST% = BAS(REVENUE) - it work fine.
BUT ! after my first commit, it seems like the variable value is lost. And the *Xdim_memberset takes all.....
Fortunately enough, *select still contains the variable value after *commit.
Thanks,
Joergen
*Correction !
It actually works, it still contains the variable value after commit !!
Edited by: Jørgen Dalby Andersen on Dec 30, 2011 1:33 PM