On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Pawson wrote: > > > On 23/04/2008, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Ant is namespace aware, it merely chooses not to ignore content in > other > > > namespaces, as it assumes they are tasks declared into a different > > > namespace. > > > > > > > Kind of against the idea of namespace aware apps? > > If you don't have a use for namespace X, ignore it. > > > > well, it depends on what you want from a namespaced app. And more > importantly, what you mean by "understand". I have been in way too many > discussions on the exact semantics of soap's "mustUnderstand" attribute on > soap headers to believe that there is any single right answer here. > > For ant, how do we distinguish between "task in wrong namespace" from > "undefined task in a namespace" from "namespace we are meant to ignore". > Without an explicit <ignorenamespace> operation, we can't.
IMO ant should by default ignore elements from namespaces not prefixed by "antlib:", unless there is an explicit *def. Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > Consider this, then, my gift to you: > > > > > > <presetdef name="description" uri="http://www.dpawson.co.uk#ns"; > > > > <echo level="debug" /> > > > </presetdef> > > > > > > you now get a description > > > <d:description>Main variable set</d:description> > > > > > > which gets printed when you run > > > ant -debug > > > > > > > Nice. For debug. Thanks. > > > > Not for other namespaced applications working on ant build files. > > > > Well, > 1. they are free to embed bits of ant in their XML and push it out later > 2. If you want to write an <ignorenamespace> task, with tests, we could > always add it. > > > > > > -- > Steve Loughran http://www.1060.org/blogxter/publish/5 > Author: Ant in Action http://antbook.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
