> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2006 6:44 AM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: Re: Asking for new feature: Self-Discovery of
> service to make Ant a real extensible system
>
> Huxi LI wrote:
> &
>> As a simple example, when ant is
>> integrated in Groovy using the AntBuilder, we can seamlessly invoke
>> any Ant tasks and datatypes by using simple method call such as:
>>
>> ant.echo("Hello World")
>>
>>
>
>
>I dont know what we can do to make groovy's life easier.
Withou
Huxi LI wrote:
Very interesting dicussion in this thread. And it seems most people are in
favor
of using namespace as a single mechanism. It is true that using
namespace is
the
most simple way to resolve conflict, but I insist that it is not the most
transparent
solution for users. That is beca
On 5/2/06, Huxi LI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] but I insist that it is not the most transparent solution for users.
It is in fact too transparent, so transparent that users or
maintainers of the build scripts have a hard time figuring out where
the tasks are coming from or what they do. Th
Very interesting dicussion in this thread. And it seems most people are in
favor
of using namespace as a single mechanism. It is true that using namespace is
the
most simple way to resolve conflict, but I insist that it is not the most
transparent
solution for users. That is because, IMHO, uniform
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>to make Ant a real extensible system
>
>--- Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[SNIP]
>> I've taken to declaring macros/presets in their own ns too.
>
>I envision a world
--- Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[SNIP]
> I've taken to declaring macros/presets in their own
> ns too.
I envision a world where this is not considered
remarkable. Macros, presets, and scripts are good for
rapid prototyping, but if a task can be composed of
other tasks in Java, what
Dominique Devienne wrote:
>> There's no discovery without that xmlns declaration, so ant boot times
>> arent hit by a need to scan every JAR on the classpath.
>
>
> That's one reason, and a very valid one IMHO. Another is to have
> things stay explicit in Ant as much as possible. I dispute your po
There's no discovery without that xmlns declaration, so ant boot times
arent hit by a need to scan every JAR on the classpath.
That's one reason, and a very valid one IMHO. Another is to have
things stay explicit in Ant as much as possible. I dispute your point
that auto-discovering of tasks is
Huxi LI wrote:
On 4/28/06, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Which is precisely why it is in Ant1.6. You add a new JAR to the system,
all datatypes and tasks will be exported in a namespace of your choosing
via an xmlns:mytasks="antlib:org.example.package" declaration.
http://ant.apac
On 4/29/06, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The principal of self-discovery is possible based on the namespace
controls
already in current Ant. By adding a custom ComponentHelper you can
intercept task loading requests. For example, the ComponentHelper class
includes the following operation:
On 4/28/06, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Which is precisely why it is in Ant1.6. You add a new JAR to the system,
all datatypes and tasks will be exported in a namespace of your choosing
via an xmlns:mytasks="antlib:org.example.package" declaration.
http://ant.apache.org/manual/ind
I joined this mail-list a few days ago and I do not know that this is an old
topic. Sorry for that.
On 4/28/06, Jeffrey E Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Auto loading has already been discussed on the developer list; please
check the archives and take any further discussion there instead of t
On 4/28/06, Row M, Vishal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A good thought , its really a good feature
Thanks for your support.
> -Original Message-
> From: Huxi LI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, 28 April 2006 5:54 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: Asking for new feature: Self-Discovery of service to
> make Ant a real extensible system
>
> **Hi everyone,
>
Huxi LI wrote:
**Hi everyone,
I would like to launch a discussion about implementation of self-discovery
feature in Ant.
The idea is that when users drop a jar in share directory, all custiom tasks
and datatypes
should be discovered automatically by Ant. The same is true when jars are
removed
fr
Auto loading has already been discussed
on the developer list; please check the archives and take any further discussion
there instead of the user list.
Jeffrey E. (Jeff) Care
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
IB
A good thought , its really a good feature
-Original Message-
From: Huxi LI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:54 PM
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: Asking for new feature: Self-Discovery of service to make Ant a
real extensible system
**Hi everyone,
I would
**Hi everyone,
I would like to launch a discussion about implementation of self-discovery
feature in Ant.
The idea is that when users drop a jar in share directory, all custiom tasks
and datatypes
should be discovered automatically by Ant. The same is true when jars are
removed
from the share dire
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