----- Original Message ----- From: James Duncan Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Path & dir separators (was Re: Ant Principles)
> > > Cosmetic: I prefer the word "path" being reserved for list of files or > > directories. I therefor prefer something like > > <directory id="foo" location="../work"/> > > Instead of location file could be used, to indicate that the contents is > > processed by java.io.File, unless it confuses people, because it says directory > > in the first place. Actually anything but "path" is fine with me. > > But, it's not just a directory that you'd want to spec, but something > that creates file object.. fileref? > > .duncan > Of course... and the proposal said, give ant a hint in which form the directory has been specified: <directory location="..."/> The directory is specified in a way that java.io.File understands <directory url="..."/> The directory is specified in a way that java.net.URL understands <directory ant="..."/> The directory is specified in a ant crossplatform ways If I understand you right, directory will be represented by some FileRef object. The original proposal stated, that FileRef would have setLocation(File) setUrl(URL) setAnt(String) As I said in another mail, to me, no definition on how files or directories are specified is needed. The discussion was also based on the existing createXXX scheme of handling nested elements. So it is possible, that the proposal clashes with the new way of handling nested elements. If so, forget about this thread. - tom
