How can I use an Ant foreach iteration with values from a file?

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Published on 2010-05-03T09:18:09Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 9:28 UTC
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In our Ant build environment, I have to do the same task for a number of items. The AntContrib foreach task is useful for that. However, the list is in a parameter, where I actually have the list in a file. How can I iterate over items in a file in an foreach-like way in Ant? Something like (pseudo-code):

<foreach target="compile-module" listFromFile="$fileWithModules"/>

I'm happy to write a custom Task, and welcome any suggestion on possible solutions.

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