Switch

Task definition for the ANT task to switch on a particular value.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
value	The value to switch on.	Yes.
caseinsensitive	Should we do case insensitive comparisons?	No, default is "false"

Parameters specified as nested elements

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.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
value	The value to match against the tasks value attribute.	Yes.

default

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

Example

<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>