Ant conditional if within a macrodef

Question

Within ant, I have a macrodef.

Assuming I have to use this macrodef, and there is a item inside said macrodef that I want to run if the property special.proper

Answer 1

In Ant 1.9.1 and higher, there is now a new implementation of if and unless attributes. This might be what you're thinking of.

First, you need to put them into your namespace. Add them to your header:

Now, you can add them to almost any Ant task or sub entity: