## PropertySet

Since Ant 1.6

Groups a set of properties to be used by reference in a task that supports this.

Attribute | Description | Required
dynamic | Whether to reevaluate the set everytime the set is used. Default is "`true`". | No
negate | Whether to negate results. If "`true`", all properties not selected by nested elements will be returned. Default is "`false`". Since Ant 1.6.2 | No

### Parameters specified as nested elements

#### propertyref

Selects properties from the current project to be included in the set.

Attribute | Description | Required
name | Select the property with the given name. | Exactly one of these.
prefix | Select the properties whose name starts with the given string.
regex | Select the properties that match the given regular expression. Similar to regexp type mappers, this requires a supported regular expression library.
builtin | Selects a builtin set of properties. Valid values for this attribute are `all` for all Ant properties, `system` for the system properties and `commandline` for all properties specified on the command line when invoking Ant (plus a number of special internal Ant properties).

#### propertyset

A `propertyset` can be used as the set union of more `propertyset`s.

For example:

>     <propertyset id="properties-starting-with-foo">
>       <propertyref prefix="foo"/>
>     </propertyset>
>     <propertyset id="properties-starting-with-bar">
>       <propertyref prefix="bar"/>
>     </propertyset>
>     <propertyset id="my-set">
>       <propertyset refid="properties-starting-with-foo"/>
>       <propertyset refid="properties-starting-with-bar"/>
>     </propertyset>

collects all properties whose name starts with either "foo" or "bar" in the set named "my-set".

#### mapper

A mapper - at maximum one mapper can be specified. The mapper is used to change the names of the property keys, for example:

>     <propertyset id="properties-starting-with-foo">
>       <propertyref prefix="foo"/>
>       <mapper type="glob" from="foo*" to="bar*"/>
>     </propertyset>

collects all properties whose name starts with "foo", but changes the names to start with "bar" instead.

If supplied, the nested mapper will be applied subsequent to any negation of matched properties.