The following example which check if a string property contains a another string.
<project name="ant-string-contains-example" default="run" basedir=".">
<target name="run">
<property name="greeting" value="Hello World!"/>
<condition property="hasWorld">
<matches pattern="World" string="${greeting}"/>
</condition>
<fail message="No world in the greeting!" unless="hasWorld"/>
<!-- Move on if no failture -->
<echo message="Passed!"/>
</target>
</project>
Done =)
Reference: StackOverflow – Ant: how to fail if property contains a certain string
