Sylvain Wallez wrote:
>
> Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
>
> <snip/>
>
> > I really don't understand much of the heat in this discussion because
> > I'm not so into it, but I'm happy you guys are and are making
> progress :-)
>
>
> Thanks. Actually, the discussions is about many points, one after the
> other ;-)
>
> > I just wanted to ask for a second (please excluse my ignorance), if
> > this means that a Generator can query a source if a certain "file" in
> > the same dir exists.
> >
> > The reason (Forrest need): on the filesystem I have
> >
> > mydir/myfile.pdf
> > mydir/thefile.xml
> > mydir/mydile.xml
> >
> > If I get a request for "mydir/myfile", I would like to get a Source
> > for ""mydir/" and ask what "files" it contains that have "myfile" as a
> > name.
>
>
> Thats it. We're discussing about the definition of a Source that can
> give you its parent ("mydir/") and its children.
>
> > Basically it could make us do a more generic version of ResourceExists.
> >
> > Do I understand what can be done or am I on track? Sorry if I cannot
> > dwelve further myself into it now, and thanks for the answers :-)
>
>
> You're totally on track. If you need this action right now, I would
> suggest to mimic what's in the DirectoryGenerator, that makes the
> assumption that the Source is a file. You can then use all the
> facilities given by File.
>
And we only argue, if this support should belong to the Source interface
or too an optional extension interface where I always have to do
an instanceof to see if the source has childs or not.
:)
Carsten
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