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@@ -1 +1,53 @@ -READ ME for jakarta-ant +README file for the jakarta-ant workspace +----------------------------------------------------------------- +$Id$ +================================================================= + +This is the workspace for Ant, a Java based build tool. + +TODO List: + + + * Improve documentation of how to use ant, how tasks are + constructed, etc. + + * Improve error reporting on BuildException catches. Error should + state which task and which target was active at the time the + BuildException was popped. + + * Improve error reporting on XML parse. Currently if the build.xml + file is malformed we get some sort of odd SAX exception that could + be better put. + + * Provide an AbstractFileCompareTask class with prebuilt "srcfile" + and "destfile" setter methods and whose execute method calls a + "updateNeeded" method. + + * CVS task to checkout a cvs tree from a particular server into a + given location. + + * Javadoc task -- ability to dance between 1.1 and 1.2 javadoc as + well as using other doclets like cocoons? + + * Transform task -- XSLT + + * Output logs in XML -- this would be a global option of the project + (log location, verboseness, etc) + + * Javac improvements -- support the "modern" 1.3 compiler + + * Investigate some sort of command line "execute an instance of a + task with these parameters" entry point. Maybe a + `org.apache.ant.TaskMain task org.foo.BarTask attrib1=foo + attrib2=bar` type entry point? + + * Investigate some sort of "touch" functionality. Not sure how this + could be done in a portable way -- maybe append 0 bytes to a file + as a quick hack? + + * GUI front end -- examine tasks, add task properties, etc. Also, + one button push build of a particular target. + + * Test harness. All software projects should have an automatable + test suite. Ant is no exception to this rule. + |