On 2010-01-28, Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, using custom PropertyEvaluators (e.g. the "types" evaluator from
> the props antlib) we can set an attribute of a task or type to an
> arbitrary Ant type. I would like to (after 1.8.0, I suppose) add a
> resource implementation that simply allows one to say, e.g.:
> <parsedresource parse="${file(foo.txt)}" />
> Now, programmatically, this type is ridiculously trivial:
> public class ParsedResource extends ResourceDecorator {
> public void setParse(Resource r) {
> addConfigured(r);
If macrodef could be used to define types it could wrap around
<resourcelist>
<string value="$${file(foo.txt)}"/>
</resourcelist>
as well.
> From a code perspective, this can be interpreted as simply
> implementing a means of specifying the decorated resource as a bean
> property, as an alternative to calling a method. And the "parsed"
> mechanism only comes into play if the user consciously chooses to
> configure Ant's PropertyHelper appropriately. So I'm searching for a
> better name for this concept.
You know I'm not really into names ...
My gut feeling is that there should be a way to do it with/by extending
a built-in resource rather creating a new one. And then it occured to
me that the <property> resource would be a great fit.
Maybe it would be better (from a naming perspective) if you could do
<property name="file(foo.txt)"/>
instead. I realize this would require bigger code changes.
The other idea I had was to add the functionality to the <resources>
resource collection, where the implementation would be as trivial as
shown in your code.
<resource add="${file(foo.txt)}"/>
(now add becomes the name to talk about ...)
> Finally, I'd be delighted if, once a nomenclature is settled upon, if
> the community said "hey, this is both trivial from a risk perspective
> yet potentially quite useful--let's include it in 1.8.0!", but I
> certainly won't insist upon it. ;)
IIRC Antoine hinted he wanted to build 1.8.0 today, so it would be too
late anyway.
Stefan
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