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                <p><strong>Myrmidon</strong></p>
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      <p><strong>Extending Ant</strong></p>
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                        <p>Myrmidon includes a Virtual File System (VFS), which allows files from
            different sources to be treated identically.  The VFS currently supports
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          Files on the local file system.
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          Three different formats are currently supported for local file names:
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                            <li><code>file://</code> <i>absolute-file-name</i></li>
                            <li>Absolute file names</li>
                            <li>Relative file names.  These are resolved relative to the
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          Zip Files
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          The contents of Zip files (and Jar, War, and Ear files).
                    Currently, the VFS supports read-only access to Zip file contents.
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          <code>zip:</code> <i>zip-file-uri</i> [<code>!</code><i>absolute-path</i>]
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          Files on an FTP server.
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          <code>ftp://</code> [[<i>password</i><code>:</code>] <i>username</i><code>@</code>] <i>hostname</i> [<code>:</code><i>port</i>] [<i>absolute-path</i>]
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          Files on a CFIS server, such as Samba or Windows shares.
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          <code>smb://</code> [[<i>password</i><code>:</code>] <i>username</i><code>@</code>] <i>hostname</i> [<code>:</code><i>port</i>] [<i>absolute-path</i>]
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                                <p>Both forward or backward slashes can be used to separate the elements of
            a URL.</p>
                                <p>Here are some example URLs:</p>
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                <li><code>build/classes</code></li>
                <li><code>c:\program files\ant\bin</code></li>
                <li><code>file://C:/program files/ant</code></li>
                <li><code>zip:build/lib/ant.jar!/org/apache/tools</code></li>
                <li><code>ftp://adam@somehost/pub/downloads</code></li>
                <li><code>smb://password:adam@somehost/home/adam</code></li>
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                                <p>Currently, there are only a handful of VFS aware tasks.  This will grow
            as more tasks are ported to the new API, and data types.</p>
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                        <p>A file set in Myrmidon is more general than Ant 1's concept of a file set.
                Firstly, there is more than one type of file set.  Secondly, they are VFS enabled.
                File sets are automatically converted to a <a href="#Paths">path</a>, and so
                can be used anywhere that a path can.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;v-fileset&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>This is the equivalent of Ant 1's <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code> (The name
                is temporary, it will be changed to <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code> once more
                porting work as been completed).</p>
                                <p>Rather than use a set of include and exclude patterns to choose the files
                that make up the file set, <code>&lt;v-fileset&gt;</code> takes zero or more
                <a href="#File Selectors">file selectors</a>.  File selectors can be used to
                select files based on any attribute of the file, rather than just the name.
                You can use <code>&lt;name&gt;</code> selectors to achieve the same result
                as using includes or excludes.</p>
                                <p>A <code>&lt;v-fileset&gt;</code> element takes the following attributes:</p>
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          The base directory for the file set.  This can be any URL that the
                        VFS supports.
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                                <p>A <code>&lt;v-fileset&gt;</code> element takes any number of nested
                <a href="#File Selectors">file selector</a> elements.  To be included in the
                file set, a file must be selected by all the file selectors.  That is, the
                file selectors are implicitly AND-ed together.  If no file selector is provided,
                all the files and directories are included in the set.</p>
                                <p>An example:</p>
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&lt;v-fileset dir=&quot;src&quot;&gt;
    &lt;name pattern=&quot;org/apache/tools/ant/**&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;is-file/&gt;
&lt;/v-fileset&gt;
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                                <h3><code>&lt;flat-fileset&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>This file set takes a set of nested file sets and paths, and flattens them
                into a single directory.  It can be used as a way of converting a path into a
                file set.  It can also be used as a replacement for the <code>flatten</code>
                attribute for the copy and move tasks.</p>
                                <p>A <code>&lt;flat-fileset&gt;</code> element takes no attributes, and a set
                of nested paths or file sets.</p>
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&lt;v-copy todir=&quot;dist/lib&quot;&gt;
  &lt;flat-fileset&gt;
    &lt;v-fileset dir=&quot;build/lib&quot;&gt;
      &lt;basename pattern=&quot;*.jar&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;v-fileset&gt;
    &lt;v-path path=&quot;${classpath}&quot;/&gt;
  &lt;/flat-fileset&gt;
&lt;/v-copy&gt;
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                                <h3><code>&lt;mapped-fileset&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>A fileset that applies a <a href="buildfile.html#File Name Mappers">file name mapper</a>
                    to a nested fileset.
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                        <p>Paths are an ordered list of files.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;v-path&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>This is the equivalent of Ant 1's <code>&lt;path&gt;</code>.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;filtered-path&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>A path that applies file selectors to a set of nested file sets and paths.</p>
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                        <p>File selectors are used to select files from file sets and paths.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;and&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Combines zero or more file selectors, using AND. An empty <code>&lt;and&gt;</code>
                selector accepts all files.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;basename&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects files whose base name matches an Ant 1 style pattern, or a regular
                expression.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;condition&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Takes a set of <a href="buildfile.html#Conditions">conditions</a>.  If
                the conditions evaluate to true, then select every file.  Otherwise,
                select no files.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;exists&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects files that exist.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;is-empty-folder&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects empty folders, that is, folders that have no children.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;is-folder&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects folders, does not select regular files.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;is-file&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects regular files, does not select folders.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;name&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects files whose path in a file set matches an Ant 1 style pattern, or
                a regular expression.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;not&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects files that are not selected by a nested file selector.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;or&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Combines zero or more file selectors, using OR. An empty <code>&lt;or&gt;</code>
                selector accepts all files.</p>
                                <h3><code>&lt;url&gt;</code></h3>
                                <p>Selects files whose URL matches an Ant 1 style pattern, or a regular expression.</p>
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