Objections: 1) It seems from recent messages (please correct me here) that the scanning is to be added into individual tasks. I would much prefer the scanning is either added to the Project or ProjectHelper class, or a new subclass of Task (DirectoryProcessingTask??) is introduced. Why? Because when new taskdefs are created by other people, they will not inherit this behaviour, much as scanDir gets reimplemented in these tasks. As someone writing a Task, I'd have to implement (i.e. cut & paste) it myself...ick 2) The '**' bit. Explain to me again, why with * and ? I can't match whole directory trees, whereas with infozip I can...I'm not terribly convinced. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Play: http://www.trongus.com ----- Forwarded by dIon Gillard/Multitask Consulting/AU on 01/02/00 00:33 ----- Submitted by Category . Public "Kuiper, Arnout" on 31/01/2000 at 20:17 "'ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org'" RE: Any objections against advanced directory scanning? I know it's a bit strange, but with only '*' and '?' you cannot match whole directory trees, which is needed for Ant. Users want to include/exclude parts of a directory tree in jar, javac, etc. Therefore the strange '**' addition. BTW1: You are not forced to use them. You can always stick to the old syntax. BTW2: This will be thoroughly documented in the manual, so the users are not on their own. BTW3: It's not that difficult as it seems (Using '**' for directories is actually the same as using '*' for characters, in file pattern). BTW4: The default exclusions of the DesirableFilter are now used by default, so there is no need to include them (unless you turn them off;-) Arnout > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Petheram [mailto:petheram@acm.org] > Sent: maandag 31 januari 2000 9:22 > To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org > Subject: Re: Any objections against advanced directory scanning? > > > > Why is there this strange '**/*~' syntax? > > Using different syntax is asking for problems from users. > > bill > > > Previous Document Next Document Return to View