B.58 SwitchTask

B.58 SwitchTask
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Task definition for the phing task to switch on a particular value.

Table B.60: Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`value`	`String`	The value to switch on.	n/a	Yes
`caseinsensitive`	`Boolean`	Should we do case insensitive comparisons?	false	No

B.58.1 Supported Nested Tags

At least one <case> or <default> is required.

case

An individual case to consider, if the value that is being switched on matches to value attribute of the case, then the nested tasks will be executed.

Table B.61: Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`value`	`String`	The value to match against the tasks value attribute.	n/a	Yes

default

The default case for when no match is found. Must not appear more than once per task.

B.58.2 Examples

<switch value="${foo}">
    <case value="bar">
        <echo message="The value of property foo is bar" />
    </case>
    <case value="baz">
        <echo message="The value of property foo is baz" />
    </case>
    <default>
        <echo message="The value of property foo is not sensible" />
    </default>
</switch>

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