On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:01, Magesh Umasankar wrote: > 1. Let <copy> work on local files only.
+1 > 2. Let <copy> work on local files as well as remote files. > Remote files may be dynamically generated ones too. +1 > 3. <copy> must do all that <get> does. need further clarification - what else does get do ? -1 on crufting up copy with get specifc attributes/elements > 4. Deprecate <get> after making sure <copy> does all that > <get> currently does. > > 5. Introduce new attribute "srcUrl" to identify the > source URL to copy from. +1 on some form of differentiation > 6. Overload "file" attribute such that it decides whether > to treat value as a java.io.File or java.net.URL (At least 2 > committers and 1 developer have recommended against it) -1 > 7. Provide "username" and "password" attributes to <copy> so that > Basic authentication for http urls can be performed, when needed. -1 > 8. Introduce subelement <urlset> to be used within <copy> > <urlset> > <include name=http://blah.net/x.java"; username=x" password="y"/> > <include name="file://d|foo.bar/> > ... > </urlset> -1 Needs further explanation. > 10. Throw build exception if URL patterns that don't make sense for copy > are used - for example mailto: -1 Just let the underlying URL system determine when its a nogo and let it through the exceptions. However I would personally prefer a VFS layer and would +10000 it ;) -- Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------ "No. Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda ------------------------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
