On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * FileSet is a set
of existing files, agreed. If we want to extend it to a more general set, that is fine with me, but we'll have to rewrite lots of tasks as they rely on the "existing" bit above. > Currently mappers transformation abilities are stricted to the name > attribute of the file - and this will likely remain the case with > you about ;) Oh, just convince me. 8-) > Hence we end up having extensions of Fileset to apply transformation > rather than a nested element. ie the Tarfileset has attributes to > apply a set of permissions to fileset. I wouldn't call this a transformation of the set, maybe this could be handled by a different concept <decorator> or something similar. What I'm trying to stress is that <tarfileset> (which could be a <fileset> with a nested <decorator> that adds permissions) still consists of existing files, while a set that has been transformed by a <mapper> doesn't give the same guarantee - and it shouldn't. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
