"parsed" resource

[Matt Benson]

Okay, using custom PropertyEvaluators (e.g. the "types" evaluator  
from the props antlib) we can set an attribute of a task or type to  
an arbitrary Ant type.  I would like to (after 1.8.0, I suppose) add  
a resource implementation that simply allows one to say, e.g.:

<parsedresource parse="${file(foo.txt)}" /><!-- the file(foo.txt)  
piece is implemented by the aforementioned "types" evaluator -->

Now, programmatically, this type is ridiculously trivial:

public class ParsedResource extends ResourceDecorator {

  public void setParse(Resource r) {
    addConfigured(r);
  }

}

From a code perspective, this can be interpreted as simply  
implementing a means of specifying the decorated resource as a bean  
property, as an alternative to calling a method.  And the "parsed"  
mechanism only comes into play if the user consciously chooses to  
configure Ant's PropertyHelper appropriately.  So I'm searching for a  
better name for this concept.  The motivation here is, in particular,  
to have a way to specify arbitrary resources via user properties when  
a given task (e.g. import) allows only nested resources and therefore  
won't take advantage of IntrospectionHelper's new Object-parsing  
mechanism, which applies only to attributes.

Another naming idea that occurs to me is <injectedresource  
resource="..." />  Does anybody have anything better?


Finally, I'd be delighted if, once a nomenclature is settled upon, if  
the community said "hey, this is both trivial from a risk perspective  
yet potentially quite useful--let's include it in 1.8.0!", but I  
certainly won't insist upon it.  ;)

Thanks for listening,
Matt 

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