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msbuild array iteration

<ItemGroup>
    <!-- Unit Test Projects-->
    <MyGroup Include="Hello.xml" />
    <MyGroup Include="GoodBye.xml" />     
</ItemGroup>

How do I make a task that iterates through this list and does something?

<XmlPeek XmlInputPath="%(MyGroup.Identity)"
         Query="/results">
    <Output TaskParameter="Result"
            ItemName="myResult" />
</XmlPeek>

I want to thow an error message if myresult has a certain text inside of it. However for the life of me I can't figure out how to iterate through arrays in Msbuild... anyone know how to accomplish this?

Solution

  • You could use batching on an inner target, like that :

    <ItemGroup>
  <!-- Unit Test Projects-->
  <MyGroup Include="Hello.xml" />
  <MyGroup Include="GoodBye.xml" />     
</ItemGroup>

<Target Name="CheckAllXmlFile">
  <!-- Call CheckOneXmlFile foreach file in MyGroup -->
  <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
           Properties="CurrentXmlFile=%(MyGroup.Identity)"
           Targets="CheckOneXmlFile">
  </MSBuild>
</Target>

<!-- This target checks the current analyzed file $(CurrentXmlFile) -->
<Target Name="CheckOneXmlFile">
  <XmlPeek XmlInputPath="$(CurrentXmlFile)"
           Query="/results/text()">
    <Output TaskParameter="Result" ItemName="myResult" />
  </XmlPeek>

  <!-- Throw an error message if Result has a certain text : ERROR -->
  <Error Condition="'$(Result)' == 'ERROR'"
         Text="Error with results $(Result)"/> 
</Target>