<snip> This helps me understand the background.
> > Lets say I'm a lazy programmer and dont want to > > specify nested elements in my task for only one > set > > of > > files that needs to be included. I'd rather > provide > > the option of specifying "includes" attribute as > > well. > > How do I do that with Task ? > > If you really need to do this, you would be correct > to > use MatchingTask. But be aware that the pattern > with Going back to my basic question in that case, what parameter do I specify to getDirectoryScanner in that case: DirectoryScanner ds = getDirectoryScanner(new File(<??>); -Arun > MatchingTasks is that they seem to end up containing > MORE code tasks that simply deal with nested > filesets, > for the reason that they tend to deal with both. > The > alternative to that is dealing with a single fileset > only as a MatchingTask is designed to do. But now > you > have crippled your new Task from its inception, and > it > will mean more work and code if you change your mind > later. The amount of code required at the outset is > not going to be remarkably different regardless of > the > approach you take. Finally, with Ant's ability to > adapt arbitrary Java classes as Tasks (implement > public void execute() ), your "task" doesn't have to > derive from Task. So there's another "cost" > incurred > by extending MatchingTask. > > HTH, > Matt > > > > -Arun > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
