title: Is is possible to split a string across multiple lines in an Apache Ant build.xml file?
body: <p>I have the following segment of code in one of my Apache Ant build.xml files.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;property
          name  = "classpath"
          value = "${dir_google_api_libs}/google-http-client-1.19.0.jar:"
                  "${dir_google_api_libs}/google-http-client-jackson2-1.19.0.jar:"
                  "${dir_google_api_libs}/jackson-core-2.1.3.jar"
      /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, if I try invoke Apache Ant on this build.xml file, it (Ant) effectively complains about the string being split across multiple lines. The exact message it gives me is;</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId:
    file:/home/craig/source_code/java/Test_JsonFactory/build.xml;
    lineNumber: 78; columnNumber: 11; Element type "property" must be
    followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>".</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Does anybody know if there is a way to accomplish what I am trying to do, i.e. split the string across multiple lines? I detest having long lines like this in my build.xml files and find it much easier to analyse the code when it is vertically oriented and split across multiple lines.</p>