Stefan Bodewig wrote:
>
> On 2010-04-13, Raja Nagendra Kumar <nagendra.r...@tejasoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Any reason, why <filelist> does not support include and excludes as in
>> fileset.
>
>>The short version: Because they wouldn't make sense (well exclude
>>wouldn't and the nested include element just has a different name:
>>><file>).
>
> ok. But I understand that filelist keeps the order of the files, where as
> fileset does not. In such senario, one could provide a series of patterns
> so that scan could happen in the same order of the patterns etc.
>
> And also, if <file> and include are similar, it would have been nice to
> support <include> too so that it is consistant.. I understand <file> has
> more options too.
>
>
>><filelist> means: here is a list of files that may or may not be there,
>>return all of them don't check whether they are there at all. No
>>wildcards supported.
>
> adding wildcards support can enhance refactorings of location of these
> files. I use the wildcards for best support of refactorings. Such support
> of wildcards in filelist would add great value.
>
>
>>If you look at it this way, exclude doesnt make sense for <filelist>
>
> if wildcards support then exclude would make sense.
>
>>since you already list all files explicitly anyway. If you need to
> filter the results, wrap the filelist in a <restrict>.
>
> True, but if include and excludes are supported like in fileset, it would
> be much more straight forward.
>
>
>> It would be very nice to have such support.
>
>>What would you use them for that you cannot do with the existing
>>functionality?
>
> Would like to use wildcards so that my directory changes due to
> refactoring can be taken care better.
>
>
Regards,
Nagendra
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