Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 87906 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2002 18:26:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 6 Jan 2002 18:26:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 13374 invoked by uid 97); 6 Jan 2002 18:26:22 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 13358 invoked by uid 97); 6 Jan 2002 18:26:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 13304 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2002 18:26:21 -0000 Message-ID: <005101c196df$a35318d0$6401a8c0@darden.virginia.edu> From: "Erik Hatcher" To: "Ant Developers List" References: <3C3701A3.40606@cortexebusiness.com.au> <025101c196b1$21467d10$6401a8c0@darden.virginia.edu> <200201061742.g06HgMr30209@mail004.syd.optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: IntrospectionHelper request Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 13:26:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N From: "Peter Donald" > To me it seems like an ugly hack to get around limitations of ant1.x - while > it may be possible to implement this style funcitonality in Ant2 - I don't > think it will be done this way or even readily supported by committers. So even though you consider it a hack for Ant1.x would adding this capability be rejected or allowed? (I wasn't sure which version of Ant you meant when you said it wouldn't be readily supported) I don't personally consider it a 'hack' as it seems to add a lot of dynamic capability, but only if the task itself is asking for it (by implementing DynamicConfigurator). This is one of the biggest peeves I have against JSP Taglibs.... all their attributes must be defined in a TLD file. It makes some sense in that proper attributes are determined at page compilation time, but also restricts the flexibility of taglibs IMO. Will Ant2 allow dynamically defined attributes/elements? If so, by what mechanism? Thanks, Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: