From: "Tim Vernum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> They're on my list of things to look into, but "hack
> on ant" falls below "sleep" on my TODO list, since I 

:-)

> So, if you want someone to bounce ideas off, feel free
> to shoot things my way

okay!

> In terms of re-use, I'd check out NetBeans, licensing
> might not work, but you can see how it goes.

I have been looking at NetBeans' FileSystem API and 
WebNFS - Sun's Extended File API.  I would depend 
on  the licensing gurus to let us know how we could 
(re)use it without breaking the other license - I saw some 
email about a new Apache license coming out that would 
address such issues...

The advantage with choosing NetBeans is that there are
a few FileSystems already implemented - Local, Jar/Zip,
XML, FTP, CVS - most of all we are looking for currently.

But if we can custom-brew our own API heavily 
borrowing from these two APIs, I think we won't have to
worry about licensing, etc. leaving us plenty of room
to expand based on our needs.

> Do other Jakarta projects have virtual file-systems?
None that I am aware of.

Cheers,
Magesh




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