--- Stephen McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 4:17 AM > > To: Ant Developers List > > Subject: Re: Resource.getURL() > > > > --- Dominique Devienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > A URLResource could then be created using: > > > > new URLResource( name, uri, > > > > handlerClassResourceName ); > > > > > > > > The upside of this approach is the elimination > of > > > > the entire subject of system classloader > mutation, > > > > and a framework for binding custom handlers > > > > (which resolves some of the earlier issues > raised > > > > in this thread). > > > > > > I have no issue whatsoever with this Steve :-) > --DD > > > > The problem with this approach--specifying the > handler > > classname to the URLResource constructor--is that > it fails to > > address the primary requirement that Ant have a > predictable > > way to resolve a string representation of a > Resource to a > > properly configured Resource implementation. :( > > Matt: > > Can you expand on what you mean by "a string > representation of a Resource"? > Are your implying something equivalent to the way a > URL can be externalized > to a string (which could be done if all resources > are associated with > dedicated url handlers). Some concrete usage > examples would be handy. > > /Steve.
Exactly. Take for example the echo task. It defines a method like public void setFile(File). Ant knows how to resolve file="somefile" to a File object. Resources' OutputStream is hardly used at present; the concept behind its (OutputStream's) addition to the API is: <echo to="property:foo">bar</echo> I used "to" here; maybe the right name is "toresource" or simply "resource" as is "file". The implementation of setFile(File f) would be: setTo(new FileResource(f)); This is the exact use case driving this, from my perspective anyway. It should be solvable, as you mention, using either application-level pseudo-protocols or custom protocol handlers. But without this functionality I will consider any solution incomplete. -Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
