mbenson 2005/05/25 15:14:51 Modified: docs/manual using.html Log: Document ResourceCollections in paths. Revision Changes Path 1.42 +13 -10 ant/docs/manual/using.html Index: using.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/manual/using.html,v retrieving revision 1.41 retrieving revision 1.42 diff -u -r1.41 -r1.42 --- using.html 29 Apr 2005 18:58:16 -0000 1.41 +++ using.html 25 May 2005 22:14:51 -0000 1.42 @@ -380,14 +380,16 @@ <pre> <classpath path="${classpath}"/> </pre> -<p>In addition, <a href="CoreTypes/dirset.html">DirSet</a>s, -<a href="CoreTypes/fileset.html">FileSet</a>s, and -<a href="CoreTypes/filelist.html">FileList</a>s -can be specified via nested <code><dirset></code>, -<code><fileset></code>, and <code><filelist></code> -elements, respectively. <em>Note</em>: The order in which the files -building up a FileSet are added to the path-like structure is not -defined.</p> +<p>In addition, one or more +<a href="CoreTypes/resources.html#collection">Resource Collection</a>s +can be specified as nested elements (these must consist of +<a href="CoreTypes/resources.html#file">file</a>-type resources only). +Additionally, it should be noted that although resource collections are +processed in the order encountered, certain resource collection types +such as <a href="CoreTypes/fileset.html">fileset</a>, +<a href="CoreTypes/dirset.html">dirset</a> and +<a href="CoreTypes/resources.html#files">files</a> +are undefined in terms of order.</p> <pre> <classpath> <pathelement path="${classpath}"/> @@ -412,10 +414,11 @@ <p>If you want to use the same path-like structure for several tasks, you can define them with a <code><path></code> element at the same level as <i>target</i>s, and reference them via their -<i>id</i> attribute - see <a href="#references">References</a> for an +<i>id</i> attribute--see <a href="#references">References</a> for an example.</p> <p>A path-like structure can include a reference to another path-like -structure via nested <code><path></code> elements:</p> +structure (a path being itself a resource collection) +via nested <code><path></code> elements:</p> <pre> <path id="base.path"> <pathelement path="${classpath}"/>
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