I have authored a task which uses java.util.Properties and sets integers, inc or dec integers, or sets dates to now.
Is this a useful thing to contribute? If so, how? Jem At 09:52 18/08/00 +0100, you wrote: >If I wish to edit a file is there a particular task >that is a good candidate to derive from? > >Maybe the replace task? > >Conor MacNeill wrote: >> >> Stuart, >> >> > I have two questions... >> > >> > 1. I am interested in picking up the junit task. This is not >> > in the 1.1 release. Is it a good idea to use one of the >> > nightly builds? And just see if it is stable. >> >> Nightly builds have generally been stable. Nevertheless you are living on >> the edge when you choose to use the nightly builds. >> >> > >> > 2. In a reply (Re: When's the next stable release?) just >> > yesterday it was mentioned about having objects that are >> > not strings. Will this facilitate the increment of build >> > numbers? i.e. I can read in a string as an integer and >> > increment the value. >> >> The facility to use objects in place of strings when configuring tasks is >> in >> place now. You will see that a number of tasks have been converted over to >> using Paths and File objects in place of Strings. I'm not sure how it might >> facilitate build number incrementing. I think that would be a good idea for >> a separate, pretty simple, task. >> >> Conor >
