> But <target> is not a collection of scripts. > <target> is a collection of tasks in Java. > That is what ANT provides, not scripts.
Correct. The right equivalent is <scriptdef>. But <scriptdef> can (nearly) be rewritten with a <target> containing only one <script>. I´d done that to get an older version, because <scriptdef> is very new :) Jan > > In the worst case scenario, we are talking > about wether the <script> task as such may be > pattented. But not the full of ANT, which is not > an engine to glue external scripting languages. > ANT just executes Java code. > > Anyway, where is the layer.... > > Jose Alberto > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Antoine Lévy-Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 13 February 2004 14:14 > > To: Ant Developers List > > Subject: Re: Microsoft XML scripting patent > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >>So, it sound not like a pattent on scripting, but on > > >>how to store collections of scripts in one file and being able to > > >>execute them. > > >> > > >> > > > > > ><target> as collection of scripts? > > > > > >Jan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The example provided on the web page showing MS's patent > show an xml > > file containing a .bat file and a .vbs script, both > rewritten in some > > xml format. > > > > As someone else wrote, it is a little bit like an ant script with > > several scriptdefs in it. > > > > The MS patent talks about specific XML elements : > > <collection> > > <file extension=".bat"> > > .... commands > > </file> > > .... > > </collection> > > > > I do not know whether their patent only applies to XML > > scripts written > > using this particular schema ? Or does the patent claim to > > protect *all* > > use of XML for scripts, and particularly this particular document > > structure ? > > > > Antoine > > > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HIT > > OFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=pt > > xt&s1=XML.ABST.&s2=Microsoft.ASNM.&OS=ABST/XML+AND+AN/Microsof > > t&RS=ABST/XML+AND+AN/Microsoft > > .... > > 19. In a computer system having one or more scripts written > in one or > > more scripting languages, a computer readable having stored > thereon a > > data structure for encompassing the one or more scripts > into a single > > file, the data structure comprising: > > > > a file element field for each of the one or more scripts, > > wherein each > > file element field delimits one of the one or more scripts; > > > > an extension attribute field included in each file element field, > > wherein the extension attribute field identifies a > scripting language; > > > > a code element field included within each file element > field, wherein > > the code element field contains script instructions in the > scripting > > language identified in the extension attribute field; > > > > a name element field within each file element field, > wherein the name > > element field contains a descriptive name; and > > > > a description element field within each file element field, > > wherein the > > description element field contains a functional description. > > > > wherein the data structure is configured to be parsed by a > > parser into a > > list for presentation to a user and that includes an > > identifier for each > > of the one or more scripts, the identifier comprising the > descriptive > > name and functional description of each script. > > > > 20. A data structure as defined in claim 19, further > > comprising a CDATA > > element field within the code element field, wherein the > > CDATA element > > field precludes data within the CDATA element field from being > > recognized as a format of the data structure. > > > > 21. A data structure as defined in claim 19, wherein the file > > elements > > for the one or more scripts are delimited by a collection element, > > wherein the collection element is a root of the file. > > ... > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
