Stefan Bodewig wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Costin Manolache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> J2SDK1.2 + defines a mechanism for declaring dependencies. > > As I stated in a different mail, this is not what I meant.
Sorry, I may have missed that. To avoid other missunderstandings - I am not refering to the ClassPath manifest element, but to the "Extension-Name" and "Extension-List" elements in the manifest. >> This is almost feature complete in the main branch. If you consider >> ComponentHelper, it's almost done. > > So please enlighten us on ComponentHelper. It defines a hook that allows you to plug your own component factory. You get a namespace and element name as parameter, and you can return any ProjectComponent. It is used like the PropertyHelper ( i.e. a chain, any task can add hooks ). Nothing fancy. > >> If that means adopting the XML from the proposal - I'm strongly -0. >> ( and close to -1 :-) > > If this was the only obstacle, well, that shouldn't be too hard to > solve. I'm -1 on adopting antlib bundled with the roles. I have no problem with using XML syntax and not properties- if it's a subset of ant, or something close enough. I'm -1 on combining antlib with roles and using the syntax in the proposal. Costin
