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<h2><a name="script">Script</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Execute a script in a 
  <a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/bsf/" target="_top">BSF</a> supported language.</p>
<p>All items (tasks, targets, etc) of the running project are
accessible from the script, using either their <code>name</code> or
<code>id</code> attributes.</p>
<p>Scripts can do almost anything a task written in Java could do.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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    <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
    <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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    <td valign="top">language</td>
    <td valign="top">The programming language the script is written in.
      Must be a supported BSF language</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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    <td valign="top">src</td>
    <td valign="top">The location of the script as a file, if not inline</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<blockquote><pre>
&lt;project name=&quot;squares&quot; default=&quot;main&quot; basedir=&quot;.&quot;&gt;

  &lt;target name=&quot;setup&quot;&gt;

    &lt;script language=&quot;javascript&quot;&gt; &lt;![CDATA[

      for (i=1; i&lt;=10; i++) {
        echo = squares.createTask(&quot;echo&quot;);
        main.addTask(echo);
        echo.setMessage(i*i);
      }

    ]]&gt; &lt;/script&gt;

  &lt;/target&gt;

  &lt;target name=&quot;main&quot; depends=&quot;setup&quot;/&gt;

&lt;/project&gt;
</pre></blockquote>
<p>generates</p>
<blockquote><pre>
setup:

main:
1
4
9
16
25
36
49
64
81
100

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
</pre></blockquote>
<p>Another example, using <a href="../using.html#references">references by id</a>
and two different scripting languages:</p>
<blockquote><pre>
&lt;project name=&quot;testscript&quot; default=&quot;main&quot;&gt;
  &lt;target name=&quot;sub&quot;&gt;
    &lt;echo id=&quot;theEcho&quot;/&gt;
  &lt;/target&gt;

  &lt;target name=&quot;sub1&quot;&gt;
    &lt;script language=&quot;netrexx&quot;&gt;&lt;![CDATA[
      theEcho.setMessage(&quot;In sub1&quot;)
      sub.execute
    ]]&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;/target&gt;

  &lt;target name=&quot;sub2&quot;&gt;
    &lt;script language=&quot;javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;![CDATA[
      theEcho.setMessage(&quot;In sub2&quot;);
      sub.execute();
    ]]&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;/target&gt;

  &lt;target name=&quot;main&quot; depends=&quot;sub1,sub2&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/project&gt;
</pre></blockquote>
<p>generates</p>
<blockquote><pre>
sub1:
In sub1

sub2:
In sub2

main:

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
</pre></blockquote>

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