On 10 Apr 2001 14:35:29 +0200, Stefan Bodewig wrote: >David Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For Ant2 I would like to expand on source, possibly adding a fascade >> for File that supports the various types of Files (FTP, Zip, >> URL). Its a bit of work, but it needs be done. Maybe there a small >> framework out there we can borrow that does some of this already? > >As I was thinking about a similar thing for FileSet (so that >ZipFileSet could just return ZipEntries ...) we should get something >like this together - an Ant File abstraction. >
I am working on a quick proposal right now. Generally that is exactly what I am thinking. Support for File, Zip, URL, Ftp etc. sources "transparently" to the task (assuming it supports the new API). In addition. I want to support sources being receivers as well (so a name change may occur here). Essentially things like Zip tasks and ZipFileSets will be replaced with a copy to/from a Zip source. d
