> The problem lies in the fact that so much revolves around the build > file's > basedir, which can only be a File in Ant as of today. Even importing a > build file from a URL or resources didn't reach consensus, > for the same > reasons. It seems that Ant is pretty much strictly file based > for build > files, unless so major restructuring happens, which would probably not > be > backward compatible. At least that's my current understanding. --DD
Basically thats the same I think. But it should be possible to work with a buildfile from another datasource, if specify the basedir. So something like setBuildfile(File file) setBuildfile(InputStream is, File basedir) setBuildfile(Document dom, File basedir) may be possible. Jan
