--- Dominique Devienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Matt Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > My reason for wanting to nest the propertyset into > a > > regular <env> element is that these are passed by > > <exec> and <java (w/ forking)> to an Environment > > object. This means that if the code is added to > > Environment, so that: > > > > <exec executable="foo"> > > <env> > > <propertyset|whatever name we want here > > refid="foo.properties" /> > > </env> > > </exec> > > > > Any user of Environment.Variable (exec should be > the > > paradigm) automatically supports propertysets. If > > this nesting approach--with whatever element > name, > > although I tend to use the add(...) IH methods--is > > acceptable in general, I have got this working > > already. > > I see your point Matt. Easy and painless to > implement. From the user > perspective though, it overloads the meaning of > <env>, and departs from > what was done with <sysproperty> + <syspropertyset>.
I didn't really think about sysproperty & syspropertyset, since my original perspective was coming from exec. Guess I'll wait and see which way the wind blows. -Matt > > So I'm not against your proposal, but I don't think > it's the best UI for > this feature. But since I'm just the talker and not > the doer, it's your > opinion and the community's as a whole that should > prevail, not my own > opinion. The feature itself may be more important > than it's UI?! --DD > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail, including any attached files, may > contain confidential and privileged information for > the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, > use, distribution, or disclosure by others is > strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient (or authorized to receive information for > the intended recipient), please contact the sender > by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this > message. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]