----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:49 AM
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Antoine Levy-Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > 1) antlib & antjar > > ------------------------ > > > > deployment descriptor called antlib.xml which would go in the > > META-INF subdirectory of the antlib > > I prefer an XML descriptor over manifest entries as well, because it > is easier to extend in the future. Say centipede wants to add > information in that descriptor that antlib doesn't need to care > about. > > > looks like that > > <antlib version="1.5" > > > Is that the version of the antlib parser, i.e. does version define the > format of the file? The minimal version of Ant the antlib needs? Or > is that the version of the antlib itself? I think we'll have to > provide all three items, while the first two may in fact be just one. > It is the version of the antlib parser I believe. We will need to add the version of ant and the version of the antlib What about antversion and libversion as attributes names here ? > > 2) type definitions > > -------------------------- > > > > allowing to define new implementations of mappers, selectors, paths, > > conditions, > > We definitely need this, roles may be the key here. With that, do we > really need separate <task> and <data-type> in <antlib> or are they > just special cases of roles? > <task> and <data-type> are special cases of roles. > > 3) A scoping framework for the symbol tables needed to manage the > > antlib definitions > > > > Management of a hash symbol table containing names, classes, and > > roles. Roles are currently task or datatype. It is possible to > > define new roles. > > Works for me. > > > 4) A framework for managing classloaders where you can specify which > > classloader to use when loading an antlib. > > This is the hardest part IMHO. Sorry, I haven't looked at the > proposal thoroughly so far. Is there such a classloading framework in > place? What does it provide and how do you use it? > There is something, I hope you and Stuart Halloway and other knowledgeable people in the community will look at it and improve it if needed, because the area of classloaders is new to me. I have not yet looked at the classloader framework myself, I have just tried to get the proposal to compile. Antoine
