----- Original Message ----- From: "Costin Manolache" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 7:33 PM Subject: Re: antlib
Can you give us some pointers so that we can learn about these Extension-Name and Extension-List elements and understand how they help out for antlib ? > 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. > > > > 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. > Can you supply some Hello World examples of what can be done with the ComponentHelper task or give us pointers to such examples. > > 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. > > Which problem do you see with this notion of roles ? For me it is clear. Antoine
