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Subject: AW: Fileset and Custom Fileset in Ant 1.7
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:13:26 +0200
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Thread-Topic: Fileset and Custom Fileset in Ant 1.7
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From: <Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de>
To: <dev@ant.apache.org>

And you should ensure that you _really_ need a fileset.
2 years ago (or so) I wanted to write a new fileset and end on a =
selector.

Jan=20

>-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Matt Benson [mailto:gudnabrsam@yahoo.com]=20
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 17:00
>An: Ant Developers List
>Betreff: Re: Fileset and Custom Fileset in Ant 1.7
>
>--- JP Fiset <jp@fiset.ca> wrote:
>[snip]
>> Can anyone comment on the impact of those changes as to the=20
>> compatibility of fileset-based tasks between 1.6 and 1.7?
>>=20
>> After reviewing the code (without testing my assumptions), it looks=20
>> like:
>> 1. Fileset-based tasks written to take advantage of=20
>ResourceCollection=20
>> instead of FileSet will not run in Ant prior to 1.7 2. Fileset-based=20
>> tasks written prior to 1.7 (dependent on FileSet) will not=20
>be able to=20
>> support custom file sets, even if running in 1.7
>>=20
>> Are my assumptions right?
>>=20
>For the most part, yes.  However, depending on your needs you=20
>have some options.  If your "custom fileset"
>follows basic fileset semantics you can subclass fileset and=20
>use your implementation freely in version current and future=20
>Ant.  See zipfileset for an example of a fileset subclass with=20
>(very) different behavior from the parent.  Another option you=20
>have is--if your resources will always be true files--to=20
>program to the path class.  In current Ant versions a path can=20
>contain fileset|dirset|filelist in addition to its own path=20
>attribute and pathelement child elements, but in Ant >=3D 1.7=20
>path will accept any ResourceCollection as long as it consists=20
>of filesystem resources only.  In effect ResourceCollections=20
>are transparent to tasks that make use of paths instead of filesets.
>
>-Matt
>
>> JP
>>=20
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