http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTypes/selectors.html#dateselect
You would have to use a nested <format> element in your <tstamp> to create the date in the right format for the date selector, but aside from that I can't see any problems... -Matt --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This sounds good to me! The less grunt work I have > to do in my task, the better! > I grabbed teh 1.6.1 source release and built it. If > you could point me to the > <date> file selector you mention, it would help me a > lot. I just poked around > and it didn't jump out at me. I would like it if my > task could just deal with a > list of class files provided via some built-in > filtering means. > > Thanks, > David > > Quoting Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Basically you should make any task as atomic as > > possible. So all your task would need to know > about > > is a <fileset>. Then it becomes the user's > problem > > how to select which files to include. One way > might > > be to use a <tstamp> > > to set a baseline time, then compile, then use a > > <date> file selector to get the updated classes. > > Another way might use ant-contrib's <outofdate> to > > determine which sources should be recompiled. You > > could then compile only those sources to some > > temporary build area, then hotswap only those > classes. > > The point is that others have designed ways in > which > > the files can be selected, so you gain maximum > > flexibility (and minimum RESPONSIBILITY) the less > your > > Task is expected to do. > > > > -Matt > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > When I was toying with a separate task, I > wondered > > > if <uptodate> could be use > > > somehow to create a <fileset>. I don't see now, > but > > > that would sure be a nice > > > feature. Then, if I could assign an ID so I > could > > > make a <fileset> of files > > > that aren't uptodate, run the compile, then take > > > that same <fileset> as input > > > to the <hotswap> target. > > > The idea of a timestamp file could work. The > > > sequence might be something like. > > > <touch file="timestamp"/> > > > <javac .../> > > > <hotswap classesdir="foo" host="localhost" > > > port="9000" timefile="timestamp"> > > > <patternset> > > > ... some pattern to apply to the classes > dir > > > ... > > > </patternset> > > > </hotswap> > > > > > > That way, the hotswap task would check the files > in > > > the classes dir based on the > > > patternset and/or the timestamp. > > > > > > Seriously, I'm open to feedback. I might as well > do > > > it right the first time! > > > > > > David > > > > > > Quoting Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
