Good Evening from across the pond- As far as changing text strings I can see this as useful for language conversion and going with locale specific Resource implementation but I cant see the benefit of that feature *unless you can put in something like a 'turbo switch' which will ignore package specifications*
Cheers, Martin- ********************************************************************* This email message and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this email message is addressed. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ant Users List" <user@ant.apache.org> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: Re: No package found > Martin Gainty wrote: >> Heres my take >> If I am coding a once - y thing and it WORKS and I say wait a minute >> this is a waste of time since I am doing the SAME operation for all entities >> in a container >> namely all file(s) in the folder >> then I extract out the file specific stuff namely filename.extension and >> then use the folder spec >> >> the level of sophistication of Java Developer should know that when I point >> to this source folder thats it >> If my equipment is pointing at the Sun when I should be pointing at Mars I >> might fry the equipment thats ok >> after all we're all professionals and we're supposed to know what we're >> doing..I said supposed to >> >> My suggestions is Dont look for packages or anything else..thats way too >> much handlholding besides thats the implementor's job > > I think the problem is the same as with javac, or java, its not enough > to hand off files to the tool, you need to hand of files in the right > package hierarchy. Ant tasks do have to know what params to send down to > javadoc, and if you look at those options its clearly a complex beast. > If you look at the command line options, it seems to want to know about > packages to exclude and subpackages too. > > i.e. javadoc command line takes > -a list of packages > -a list of files in the root folder > > Ant works backwards from directories with java files in (or package.html > files) to create a list of packages. > > so i'd conclude that yes, we do need to know about packages. A file > submitted as a self contained file will be assumed to be in the default > package, not in some sub package that is somehow guess. > > > What could be done is to improve the error messages to make it clear > what is going on and provide hints as how to fix the build file. A URL > to a wiki entry would be one option, e.g. > > [info] skipping empty package, see > http://ant.apache.org/wiki/messages/javadoc#packages > > > >> >> So the same functionality that works for srcdir should work the SAME for >> sourcepath except its not looking for a specific file its looking at the >> folder.. >> > > >> Other than that...Hows life in oregon these days?? > > wouldnt know. UK now. Got bored with all the skiing, mountain biking, > sunny summers. > >> As always Its expensive living here in the democratic republic ... > > > I thought it was now the FDR, not the DDR ;? >> >> Thanks Steve, >> M- > > -steve > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
