Going one step further, you could have a patternset like
<patternset id="pattern1">
<include name="a.jar"/>
<include name="b.zip"/>
<include name="c.java"/>
<include name="*"/>
...
</patternset>
(hopefully you wouldn't use jar and zip and java files all at the same time; just an
example)
Then, you could create multiple filesets in different directories with that same
pattern:
<fileset dir="${dir1}" id="fileset1">
<patternset refid="pattern1"/>
</fileset>
<fileset dir="${dir2}" id="fileset2">
<patternset refid="pattern1"/>
</fileset>
I use this sometimes with a patternset like
<patternset id="files">
<include name="Class1.*"/>
<include name="Class2.*"/>
<include name="Class3.*"/>
</patternset>
Then I use that pattern to reference .java files in a source directory, and .class
files in a build directory.
And this is with Ant 1.3.
Mitchell Ackermann
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Inger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fiedler, Raul wrote:
>"yeah, I've been trying to do this too. Is this feature beyond the
>capabilities of Ant?"
>
>I am looking for possibility to define a group of filees (fileset) as a
>property and perform different task with it.
>Example jar fileset or delete fileset.
>
I would try creating the filesets, and assigning them id's. Then you
could pass
in the id as a paramter to a function, and do your stuff:
<fileset id="abc" .. >
...
</fileset>
<target name="delete_fileset">
<delete>
<fileset refid="${filesetid}" />
</delete>
</target>
<target name="test">
<antcall target="delete_fileset">
<parameter name="filesetid" value="abc" />
</antcall>
</target>
