On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: > Have you take a look at antlib proposal? I guess some of that stuff > is addressed there. in particular generic adapters, factories and the > Classloader issues. Maybe we could collaborate.
The whole discussion on antlib ( and the code ) had a huge influence on what I'm trying to do. My goal is to provide the hooks to allow arbitrary ( user ) code to create tasks/types, including Adapters ( Role in your proposal ). I don't particulary care how loaders or tasks will be created - I just want the hook to allow any policy. There are few things I would change in antlib - make it a bit simpler to start with and split it in smaller chunks. The named ClassLoader idea is _great_, but I would prefer to avoid the xml file and keep things simpler. What taskdef is doing now is enough, typedef can be extended in a similar way - and <filterset> could use the same mechansim, a properties file with name and values. All fancy stuff ( fine tune for override, aliases, etc ) could be added later. And I would implement it as an extension to taskdef/typdef, I think it's even possible to make the old build files to take advantage of that automatically ( with a bit of magic - which would be possible if Diane implements the .antrc proposal in java and adds a bit more to it :-) > I do not have as much free time as I would have wished. :-) Costin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
