On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Shawn Castrianni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to incrementally add files to a fileset? > I am building a fileset by looping through an XML file and need to add files > to a named fileset one by one if they meet certain criteria. > Is this possible without converting everything into paths or strings or stuff > like that?
(impressive solution Gilbert BTW. I had no idea something like this was possible) Shawn, I believe that incrementally adding files to a fileset is going against the philosophy of <fileset>. A fileset is designed to scan a directory for *existing* files, and add a subset of them to an internal list when requested by client tasks (I don't remember if it caches the list or not). Forcibly adding files to a fileset, if possible at all, should be strongly discouraged. <filelist> and <path> are the datatypes which accept arbitrary files (i.e. not necessarily rooted in the same directory), where the files can be non-existent, and or better choices if you persist in the adding-files direction. (or possible the new ResourceCollection, which I never studied) Now if the files mentioned in your XML file do exist, a better approach is to code in a new FileSelector which is configured with your XML file, to have the files mentioned (by name or pattern) added to the subset of files held by the fileset (after scanning). You selector parses the XML as a one time initialization, building an internal PatternSet or composite selector (you have AbstractCompositeSelector in buildmagic already doing the plumbing), and yea or nay scanned files using either (see MultiPresentSelector or NonePresentSelector NonePresentSelector as examples). Without more details, it's hard to propose any alternative solutions. --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
