From: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 1) I would like to be able to filter out comment, so would it be
> acceptable
> > to add a property that sets comment line characteristics:
> >
> > <loadfile comments="#,--"/>
>
> ask the group on that one; I dont see too much objection. Maybe the attr
> should be 'lineComments' to enable someone
> else to filter out /* */, (* *) and the like, which is a much harder
> proposition.
How about using nested Filter elements instead -
the user could then decide whatever type of
filtering that needs to be done while the file
is loaded.
<loadfile srcFile="blah">
<filter stream="my.custom.LineCommentFilterIS"/>
<filter stream="my.custom.CTypeCOmmentFilterIS"/>
</loadfile>
>
> > 2) Could I add a property that would add a delimiter to use when the
lines
> > are joined?
>
> yup. But you have to not add two copies of the delimiter on a CRLF pair.
>
> >
> > 3) How would I use the property as a refid so that I could use it in a
> > classpath?
>
> properties arent refids
>
> <loadfile property="loaded" srcFile="file.txt"/>
> <classpath id="loaded.classpath">
> <pathelement path="${loaded}"/>
> </classpath>
>
Cheers,
Magesh
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