New Ant GUI - 'Ant 's Nest ' 2005-01-06 - By Dominique Devienne
> From: Rich Wagner [mailto:richmwagner@(protected)]
>
> Have you considered using reflection, in addition to meta-model files?
In
> other words, imagine searching Ant's classpath for task classes, and
then
> using reflection to (for instance) discover what attributes each task
> class accepts.
Actually, instead of duplicating the reflection code in Ant, use the Ant
API itself. We have recently improved IntrospectionHelper to expose all
attributes and elements and extension points (add(X) methods) supported
by any bean (task/type/etc...), including whether it accepts nested
text.
Now with AntLibs, you can also auto-discover tasks/types by scanning the
classpath for antlib.xml resources, which is the most often used way to
declare an AntLib such that is works with the antlib:package.name magic
namespace URIs (it then expect a package/name/antlib.xml resource).
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