On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What should I read to learn how to make a simple data container for > a nested element of a task?
<http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/develop.html#nested-elements> >Stefan I had read the develop.html portion of the manual refered to but it was a bit vague on the object representing the nested elements. The reply from Erik Hatcher that explained that nested elements of non-container tasks simply correspond to data containers with no execute method (or at least they can be that simple) helped. I mention this only because I think its one of those things that is not as clear in the documentation as it might could be. Once I understood what Erik Hatcher wrote, the develop.html manual page was very straight forward. I am still a bit confused as to when a class corresponding to a nested element should inherit from the org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType class (i.e. the fairly simple org.apache.tools.ant.types.Substitution class). The answer seems to revolve around when one needs to use reference ids. I have access to the Oreilly Ant book via Safari http://safari.oreilly.com but have not found a good answer there. I do not yet own Erik and Steve's book published by Manning. Is this question answered well there? James Lee Carpenter Software Engineer Household Technical Services 6602 Convoy Court San Diego, CA 92111 ph: 858-609-2461 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
