On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 9:22 AM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that we are close to what Ant needs > with org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.WildcardFileFilter. Perhaps Ant > should just implement its own "AntWildcardFileFilter" as a copy or subclass > of WildcardFileFilter. > > Or, are you thinking that WildcardFileFilter should have a new toggle "star > star matches Ant's behavior"? >
"Toggles" aren't really OOP-native. I'd prefer a completely new class even if much of the implementation is shared with WildcardFileFilter. I'm still working out in my head what I think this should look like, but a single class that implements a well-understood, well-documented file filter syntax and otherwise can be plugged into existing classes like Files.walkFileTree — i.e. the Strategy pattern — is probably about as simple as we can get. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elh...@ibiblio.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
