Hi all,
I'm writing some Ant task that requires the flexibility of having nested data-types that can load their own classes.
<target name="test" depends="-init" >
<xmlchain toDir="./build/chain" extension=".xxx">
<fileset refid="workOnStuf" />
<xmlfilter classname="org.outerj.xml.XIncludeFilter" />
<xmlfilter refid="other-filter"/>
</xmlchain>
</target>For sure I will need to have the @classpathref and nested <classpath> to actually get doing it, but since that pattern is to be seen more around ant iteself, I was hoping for some reuse here....
What I have found is the o.a.t.a.taskdefs.Definer which functions as a basis for the Taskdef and Typedef tasks
But has a somewhat awkward execute() in there to be properly used inside this new xmlfilter datatype I foresee.
I would hate duplicating/porting the Definer code into my own class here, so maybe there could be some ClassPathHelper object that can come to aid both? (But then that is probably just saying that the existing Path could have a method getClassLoader() ?)
Looking out for some similar questions I have come across this elder thread:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-dev&m=104024233924058&w=2
which definitely touches the issue somewhat
any advice is welcome,
I have a real issue I want to tackle asap, but I like to consider returning the effort of your good thoughts into some actual contribution if such would be appreciated.
regards, -marc= -- Marc Portier http://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center Read my weblog at http://radio.weblogs.com/0116284/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
