External tasks

See the ant-contrib documentation for info about this task.

Many Anteater tasks can have nested content. For example, the contentEquals element can take nested text, which will constitute the HTTP body:

            <contentEquals>This is the HTTP body</contentEquals>
            

Anteater provides a way to dynamically generate this body text, using Jelly scripts. One simply replaces the static text with a <jelly> element:

            <contentEquals>
              <jelly script="generateResponse.jelly"/>
            </contentEquals>
            

Anteater will run the Jelly script, and use it's output as the nested content.

By default, Anteater does not come with all the jars required to use Jelly. To jelly-enable an Anteater installation, run the following command:

            [UNIX]    anteater -f $ANTEATER_HOME/resources/scripts/install-jelly.xml
            [Windows] anteater -f %ANTEATER_HOME%\resources\scripts\install-jelly.xml
          

Or alternatively, run the following Anteater script:

<project name="jelly-install" default="main" basedir=".">
  <target name="main">
    <ant dir="${anteater.resources}/scripts" antfile="install-jelly.xml"/>
  </target>
</project>

Where ANTEATER_HOME is where you installed Anteater.

You will be prompted to enter the URL of a jar repository. If you just press enter, the default will be used, and the install is automatic from there on. Alternatively, if you have a Maven repository locally, you can try pointing the script at this.