diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/security/SignJar.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/security/SignJar.java
index 40a6690f3..0e42e1ace 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/security/SignJar.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/security/SignJar.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute2;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Sign a archive.
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ public class SignJar
             for( int i = 0; i < m_filesets.size(); i++ )
             {
                 final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-                final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+                final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
                 final String[] jarFiles = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
                 for( int j = 0; j < jarFiles.length; j++ )
                 {
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XMLValidateTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XMLValidateTask.java
index f223613ee..50181d56c 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XMLValidateTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XMLValidateTask.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.PathUtil;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.xml.sax.EntityResolver;
 
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ public class XMLValidateTask
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
             final String[] files = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
 
             for( int j = 0; j < files.length; j++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java
index 856631ea2..334c548d6 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Condition;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * This task can be used to create checksums for files. It can also be used to
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ public class Checksum
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
             final String[] srcFiles = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < srcFiles.length; j++ )
             {
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
index 6de1cf184..4a0caa3a1 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.apache.aut.nativelib.Os;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileList;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * A Task to record explicit dependencies. If any of the target files are out of
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public class DependSet extends MatchingTask
         {
 
             FileSet targetFS = (FileSet)enumTargetSets.next();
-            DirectoryScanner targetDS = targetFS.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner targetDS = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( targetFS );
             String[] targetFiles = targetDS.getIncludedFiles();
 
             for( int i = 0; i < targetFiles.length; i++ )
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ public class DependSet extends MatchingTask
             {
 
                 FileSet sourceFS = (FileSet)enumSourceSets.next();
-                DirectoryScanner sourceDS = sourceFS.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner sourceDS = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( sourceFS );
                 String[] sourceFiles = sourceDS.getIncludedFiles();
 
                 for( int i = 0; upToDate && i < sourceFiles.length; i++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
index aa3d8fdc1..b4e5f5f03 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ public class Expand extends MatchingTask
             for( int j = 0; j < filesets.size(); j++ )
             {
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( j );
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 File fromDir = fs.getDir();
 
                 String[] files = ds.getIncludedFiles();
@@ -201,7 +203,8 @@ public class Expand extends MatchingTask
             for( int v = 0; v < patternsets.size(); v++ )
             {
                 PatternSet p = (PatternSet)patternsets.get( v );
-                String[] incls = p.getIncludePatterns( getContext() );
+                final TaskContext context = getContext();
+                String[] incls = PatternUtil.getIncludePatterns( p, context );
                 if( incls != null )
                 {
                     for( int w = 0; w < incls.length; w++ )
@@ -214,7 +217,8 @@ public class Expand extends MatchingTask
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                String[] excls = p.getExcludePatterns( getContext() );
+                final TaskContext context1 = getContext();
+                String[] excls = PatternUtil.getExcludePatterns( p, context1 );
                 if( excls != null )
                 {
                     for( int w = 0; w < excls.length; w++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
index 1df30a589..b2acef766 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Pattern;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
 
 /**
@@ -83,13 +84,10 @@ public abstract class MatchingTask
 
     /**
      * add a set of patterns
-     *
-     * @return Description of the Returned Value
      */
-    public PatternSet createPatternSet()
-        throws TaskException
+    public void addPatternSet( final PatternSet set )
     {
-        return m_fileset.createPatternSet();
+        m_fileset.addPatternSet( set );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -103,6 +101,6 @@ public abstract class MatchingTask
     {
         m_fileset.setDir( baseDir );
         m_fileset.setDefaultexcludes( m_useDefaultExcludes );
-        return m_fileset.getDirectoryScanner();
+        return ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( m_fileset );
     }
 }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
index 12431fd8c..871806cd7 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.EnumeratedAttribute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.PathUtil;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Reads in a text file containing SQL statements seperated with semicolons and
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ public class SQLExec
             for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
             {
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 File srcDir = fs.getDir();
 
                 String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java
index e996c5ee3..543626b22 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 
 public class TarFileSet
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class TarFileSet
     {
         if( m_files == null )
         {
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( this );
             final String[] directories = scanner.getIncludedDirectories();
             final String[] filesPerSe = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
             m_files = new String[ directories.length + filesPerSe.length ];
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
index 542b55c72..df09cd177 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.Mapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.FileNameMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.MergingMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Will set the given property if the specified target has a timestamp greater
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ public class UpToDate extends MatchingTask implements Condition
         while( upToDate && enum.hasNext() )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)enum.next();
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             upToDate = upToDate && scanDir( fs.getDir(),
                                             ds.getIncludedFiles() );
         }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
index 0c4307d43..187f8a74b 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipFileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.MergingMapper;
 import org.apache.aut.zip.ZipEntry;
 import org.apache.aut.zip.ZipOutputStream;
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ public class Zip
         for( int i = 0; i < m_filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            dss.add( fs.getDirectoryScanner() );
+            dss.add( ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs ) );
         }
         int dssSize = dss.size();
         FileScanner[] scanners = new FileScanner[ dssSize ];
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ public class Zip
         for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
 
             String prefix = "";
             String fullpath = "";
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java
index 16982cc99..7f73353cc 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Marker;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.FileNameMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.Mapper;
 
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ public class ExecuteOn
             {
                 final FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
                 final File base = fs.getDir();
-                final DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                final DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
 
                 if( !"dir".equals( m_type ) )
                 {
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java
index e81c75fb0..f86b61323 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.FlatFileNameMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * A consolidated copy task. Copies a file or directory to a new file or
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ public class Copy
         for( int i = 0; i < m_filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
             final File fromDir = fileSet.getDir();
 
             final String[] srcFiles = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
@@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ public class Copy
             else
             {
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( 0 );
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
 
                 if( srcFiles.length > 0 )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java
index cbaac5723..bfb6a83f9 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Deletes a file or directory, or set of files defined by a fileset. The
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public class Delete
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
             try
             {
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 String[] files = ds.getIncludedFiles();
                 String[] dirs = ds.getIncludedDirectories();
                 removeFiles( fs.getDir(), files, dirs );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java
index 61298d3f4..0309a920b 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.AbstractTask;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Touch a file and/or fileset(s) -- corresponds to the Unix touch command. <p>
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ public class Touch
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             final File fromDir = fs.getDir();
 
             final String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java
index 2c7da53d6..c067ac170 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute2;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * This task makes it easy to generate Javadoc documentation for a collection of
@@ -984,7 +985,7 @@ public class Javadoc
                 final File source = resolveFile( list[ j ] );
                 fs.setDir( source );
 
-                final DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                final DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 final String[] packageDirs = ds.getIncludedDirectories();
 
                 for( int i = 0; i < packageDirs.length; i++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java
index 8c1832f82..f190ee4e6 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute2;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Create a CAB archive.
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public class Cab
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
                 if( fs != null )
                 {
-                    appendFiles( files, fs.getDirectoryScanner() );
+                    appendFiles( files, ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs ) );
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java
index fe4b22053..124ecc31e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.PathUtil;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.depend.Dependencies;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.depend.Filter;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ public class GenericDeploymentTool
         {
             FileSet supportFileSet = (FileSet)i.next();
             File supportBaseDir = supportFileSet.getDir();
-            DirectoryScanner supportScanner = supportFileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner supportScanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( supportFileSet );
             supportScanner.scan();
             String[] supportFiles = supportScanner.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < supportFiles.length; ++j )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
index dc8bbf4c6..7451e069a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Translates text embedded in files using Resource Bundle files.
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ public class Translate
         for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < srcFiles.length; j++ )
             {
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java
index c58b79a08..1fdb9de90 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ide;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Pattern;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternUtil;
 
 /**
  * Export packages from the Visual Age for Java workspace. The packages are
@@ -172,9 +174,11 @@ public class VAJExport extends VAJTask
         }
 
         // delegate the export to the VAJUtil object.
+        final TaskContext context = getContext();
+        final TaskContext context1 = getContext();
         getUtil().exportPackages( destDir,
-                                  patternSet.getIncludePatterns( getContext() ),
-                                  patternSet.getExcludePatterns( getContext() ),
+                                  PatternUtil.getIncludePatterns( patternSet, context ),
+                                  PatternUtil.getExcludePatterns( patternSet, context1 ),
                                   exportClasses, exportDebugInfo,
                                   exportResources, exportSources,
                                   useDefaultExcludes, overwrite );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java
index 28d7bb4dc..56c20bf3d 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Import source, class files, and resources to the Visual Age for Java
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ public class VAJImport extends VAJTask
      */
     protected void importFileset( FileSet fileset )
     {
-        DirectoryScanner ds = fileset.getDirectoryScanner();
+        DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileset );
         if( ds.getIncludedFiles().length == 0 )
         {
             return;
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java
index d3b374017..f0b142f3a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public final class BatchTest extends BaseTest
         for( int j = 0; j < size; j++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( j );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             ds.scan();
             String[] f = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int k = 0; k < f.length; k++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java
index 6529cf3fe..65a2d7dc6 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ public class XMLResultAggregator
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
             scanner.scan();
             final String[] includes = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < includes.length; j++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
index 0335e33c3..f4bdd6946 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Argument;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.CommandlineJava;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Somewhat abstract framework to be used for other metama 2.0 tasks. This
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMetamataTask
         for( int i = 0; i < m_fileSets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_fileSets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             ds.scan();
             String[] f = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             getLogger().debug( i + ") Adding " + f.length + " files from directory " + ds.getBasedir() );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
index 485b60d01..da8abfb39 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 
 /**
  * Basic FTP client that performs the following actions:
@@ -772,12 +775,14 @@ public class FTP
 
         if( m_action == SEND_FILES )
         {
-            ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
         }
         else
         {
             ds = new FTPDirectoryScanner( ftp );
-            fs.setupDirectoryScanner( ds );
+            final FileScanner ds1 = ds;
+            final TaskContext context = getContext();
+            ScannerUtil.setupDirectoryScanner( fs, ds1, context );
             ds.scan();
         }
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java
index bcdc69235..4e98878fe 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * A task to send SMTP email. This version has near identical syntax to the
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ public class MimeMail extends Task
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
             if( fs != null )
             {
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 String[] dsfiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
                 File baseDir = ds.getBasedir();
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java
index 05689e277..1a6a23120 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * P4Add - add the specified files to perforce. <b>Example Usage:</b>
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class P4Add extends P4Base
         for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             //File fromDir = fs.getDir(project);
 
             String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java
index 13af6b2ed..8c2c52db1 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute2;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Convenient task to run the snapshot merge utility for JProbe Coverage.
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ public class CovMerge extends Task
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             ds.scan();
             String[] f = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < f.length; j++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java
index 658be5007..84d06a7b1 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.Regexp;
 
 /**
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ public class ReplaceRegExp extends Task
         for( int i = 0; i < sz; i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)( filesets.get( i ) );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
 
             String files[] = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < files.length; j++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java
index ca97a287c..e621b5041 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.aut.nativelib.Os;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Pattern;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.ExecuteOn;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Argument;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
 
 /**
  * Chmod equivalent for unix-like environments.
@@ -64,11 +64,8 @@ public class Chmod
     /**
      * Sets the set of exclude patterns. Patterns may be separated by a comma or
      * a space.
-     *
-     * @param excludes the string containing the exclude patterns
      */
     public void setExcludes( String excludes )
-        throws TaskException
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
         m_defaultSet.setExcludes( excludes );
@@ -96,7 +93,6 @@ public class Chmod
      * @param includes the string containing the include patterns
      */
     public void setIncludes( String includes )
-        throws TaskException
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
         m_defaultSet.setIncludes( includes );
@@ -127,7 +123,6 @@ public class Chmod
      * add a name entry on the include list
      */
     public void addInclude( final Pattern pattern )
-        throws TaskException
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
         m_defaultSet.addInclude( pattern );
@@ -135,13 +130,11 @@ public class Chmod
 
     /**
      * add a set of patterns
-     *
      */
-    public PatternSet createPatternSet()
-        throws TaskException
+    public void addPatternSet( final PatternSet set )
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
-        return m_defaultSet.createPatternSet();
+        m_defaultSet.addPatternSet( set );
     }
 
     public void execute()
@@ -154,8 +147,10 @@ public class Chmod
         else if( isValidOs() )
         {
             // we are chmodding the given directory
-            addArg( new Argument( m_defaultSet.getDir().getPath() ) );
-            Execute execute = prepareExec();
+            final Argument argument =
+                new Argument( m_defaultSet.getDir().getPath() );
+            addArg( argument );
+            final Execute execute = prepareExec();
             try
             {
                 execute.setCommandline( getCommand().getCommandline() );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java
index 856631ea2..334c548d6 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Checksum.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Condition;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * This task can be used to create checksums for files. It can also be used to
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ public class Checksum
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
             final String[] srcFiles = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < srcFiles.length; j++ )
             {
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
index 6de1cf184..4a0caa3a1 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.apache.aut.nativelib.Os;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileList;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * A Task to record explicit dependencies. If any of the target files are out of
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public class DependSet extends MatchingTask
         {
 
             FileSet targetFS = (FileSet)enumTargetSets.next();
-            DirectoryScanner targetDS = targetFS.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner targetDS = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( targetFS );
             String[] targetFiles = targetDS.getIncludedFiles();
 
             for( int i = 0; i < targetFiles.length; i++ )
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ public class DependSet extends MatchingTask
             {
 
                 FileSet sourceFS = (FileSet)enumSourceSets.next();
-                DirectoryScanner sourceDS = sourceFS.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner sourceDS = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( sourceFS );
                 String[] sourceFiles = sourceDS.getIncludedFiles();
 
                 for( int i = 0; upToDate && i < sourceFiles.length; i++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
index aa3d8fdc1..b4e5f5f03 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ public class Expand extends MatchingTask
             for( int j = 0; j < filesets.size(); j++ )
             {
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( j );
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 File fromDir = fs.getDir();
 
                 String[] files = ds.getIncludedFiles();
@@ -201,7 +203,8 @@ public class Expand extends MatchingTask
             for( int v = 0; v < patternsets.size(); v++ )
             {
                 PatternSet p = (PatternSet)patternsets.get( v );
-                String[] incls = p.getIncludePatterns( getContext() );
+                final TaskContext context = getContext();
+                String[] incls = PatternUtil.getIncludePatterns( p, context );
                 if( incls != null )
                 {
                     for( int w = 0; w < incls.length; w++ )
@@ -214,7 +217,8 @@ public class Expand extends MatchingTask
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                String[] excls = p.getExcludePatterns( getContext() );
+                final TaskContext context1 = getContext();
+                String[] excls = PatternUtil.getExcludePatterns( p, context1 );
                 if( excls != null )
                 {
                     for( int w = 0; w < excls.length; w++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
index 1df30a589..b2acef766 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Pattern;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
 
 /**
@@ -83,13 +84,10 @@ public abstract class MatchingTask
 
     /**
      * add a set of patterns
-     *
-     * @return Description of the Returned Value
      */
-    public PatternSet createPatternSet()
-        throws TaskException
+    public void addPatternSet( final PatternSet set )
     {
-        return m_fileset.createPatternSet();
+        m_fileset.addPatternSet( set );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -103,6 +101,6 @@ public abstract class MatchingTask
     {
         m_fileset.setDir( baseDir );
         m_fileset.setDefaultexcludes( m_useDefaultExcludes );
-        return m_fileset.getDirectoryScanner();
+        return ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( m_fileset );
     }
 }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
index 12431fd8c..871806cd7 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.EnumeratedAttribute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.PathUtil;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Reads in a text file containing SQL statements seperated with semicolons and
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ public class SQLExec
             for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
             {
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 File srcDir = fs.getDir();
 
                 String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java
index e996c5ee3..543626b22 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarFileSet.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 
 public class TarFileSet
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class TarFileSet
     {
         if( m_files == null )
         {
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( this );
             final String[] directories = scanner.getIncludedDirectories();
             final String[] filesPerSe = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
             m_files = new String[ directories.length + filesPerSe.length ];
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
index 542b55c72..df09cd177 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.Mapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.FileNameMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.MergingMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Will set the given property if the specified target has a timestamp greater
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ public class UpToDate extends MatchingTask implements Condition
         while( upToDate && enum.hasNext() )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)enum.next();
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             upToDate = upToDate && scanDir( fs.getDir(),
                                             ds.getIncludedFiles() );
         }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
index 0c4307d43..187f8a74b 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipFileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.MergingMapper;
 import org.apache.aut.zip.ZipEntry;
 import org.apache.aut.zip.ZipOutputStream;
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ public class Zip
         for( int i = 0; i < m_filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            dss.add( fs.getDirectoryScanner() );
+            dss.add( ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs ) );
         }
         int dssSize = dss.size();
         FileScanner[] scanners = new FileScanner[ dssSize ];
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ public class Zip
         for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
 
             String prefix = "";
             String fullpath = "";
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java
index 16982cc99..7f73353cc 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/exec/ExecuteOn.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Marker;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.FileNameMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.Mapper;
 
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ public class ExecuteOn
             {
                 final FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
                 final File base = fs.getDir();
-                final DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                final DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
 
                 if( !"dir".equals( m_type ) )
                 {
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java
index e81c75fb0..f86b61323 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Copy.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.FlatFileNameMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.mappers.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.SourceFileScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * A consolidated copy task. Copies a file or directory to a new file or
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ public class Copy
         for( int i = 0; i < m_filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
             final File fromDir = fileSet.getDir();
 
             final String[] srcFiles = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
@@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ public class Copy
             else
             {
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( 0 );
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
 
                 if( srcFiles.length > 0 )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java
index cbaac5723..bfb6a83f9 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Delete.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Deletes a file or directory, or set of files defined by a fileset. The
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public class Delete
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
             try
             {
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 String[] files = ds.getIncludedFiles();
                 String[] dirs = ds.getIncludedDirectories();
                 removeFiles( fs.getDir(), files, dirs );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java
index 61298d3f4..0309a920b 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/file/Touch.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.AbstractTask;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Touch a file and/or fileset(s) -- corresponds to the Unix touch command. <p>
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ public class Touch
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             final File fromDir = fs.getDir();
 
             final String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java
index 2c7da53d6..c067ac170 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/javadoc/Javadoc.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute2;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * This task makes it easy to generate Javadoc documentation for a collection of
@@ -984,7 +985,7 @@ public class Javadoc
                 final File source = resolveFile( list[ j ] );
                 fs.setDir( source );
 
-                final DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                final DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 final String[] packageDirs = ds.getIncludedDirectories();
 
                 for( int i = 0; i < packageDirs.length; i++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java
index 8c1832f82..f190ee4e6 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/Cab.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute2;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Create a CAB archive.
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public class Cab
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_filesets.get( i );
                 if( fs != null )
                 {
-                    appendFiles( files, fs.getDirectoryScanner() );
+                    appendFiles( files, ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs ) );
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java
index fe4b22053..124ecc31e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/GenericDeploymentTool.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.PathUtil;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.depend.Dependencies;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.depend.Filter;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ public class GenericDeploymentTool
         {
             FileSet supportFileSet = (FileSet)i.next();
             File supportBaseDir = supportFileSet.getDir();
-            DirectoryScanner supportScanner = supportFileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner supportScanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( supportFileSet );
             supportScanner.scan();
             String[] supportFiles = supportScanner.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < supportFiles.length; ++j )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
index dc8bbf4c6..7451e069a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/i18n/Translate.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Translates text embedded in files using Resource Bundle files.
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ public class Translate
         for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < srcFiles.length; j++ )
             {
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java
index c58b79a08..1fdb9de90 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJExport.java
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ide;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Pattern;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternUtil;
 
 /**
  * Export packages from the Visual Age for Java workspace. The packages are
@@ -172,9 +174,11 @@ public class VAJExport extends VAJTask
         }
 
         // delegate the export to the VAJUtil object.
+        final TaskContext context = getContext();
+        final TaskContext context1 = getContext();
         getUtil().exportPackages( destDir,
-                                  patternSet.getIncludePatterns( getContext() ),
-                                  patternSet.getExcludePatterns( getContext() ),
+                                  PatternUtil.getIncludePatterns( patternSet, context ),
+                                  PatternUtil.getExcludePatterns( patternSet, context1 ),
                                   exportClasses, exportDebugInfo,
                                   exportResources, exportSources,
                                   useDefaultExcludes, overwrite );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java
index 28d7bb4dc..56c20bf3d 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ide/VAJImport.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Import source, class files, and resources to the Visual Age for Java
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ public class VAJImport extends VAJTask
      */
     protected void importFileset( FileSet fileset )
     {
-        DirectoryScanner ds = fileset.getDirectoryScanner();
+        DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileset );
         if( ds.getIncludedFiles().length == 0 )
         {
             return;
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java
index d3b374017..f0b142f3a 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BatchTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public final class BatchTest extends BaseTest
         for( int j = 0; j < size; j++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( j );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             ds.scan();
             String[] f = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int k = 0; k < f.length; k++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java
index 6529cf3fe..65a2d7dc6 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XMLResultAggregator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ public class XMLResultAggregator
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             final FileSet fileSet = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            final DirectoryScanner scanner = fileSet.getDirectoryScanner();
+            final DirectoryScanner scanner = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fileSet );
             scanner.scan();
             final String[] includes = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < includes.length; j++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
index 0335e33c3..f4bdd6946 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/metamata/AbstractMetamataTask.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Argument;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.CommandlineJava;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Somewhat abstract framework to be used for other metama 2.0 tasks. This
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMetamataTask
         for( int i = 0; i < m_fileSets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)m_fileSets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             ds.scan();
             String[] f = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             getLogger().debug( i + ") Adding " + f.length + " files from directory " + ds.getBasedir() );
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
index 485b60d01..da8abfb39 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 
 /**
  * Basic FTP client that performs the following actions:
@@ -772,12 +775,14 @@ public class FTP
 
         if( m_action == SEND_FILES )
         {
-            ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
         }
         else
         {
             ds = new FTPDirectoryScanner( ftp );
-            fs.setupDirectoryScanner( ds );
+            final FileScanner ds1 = ds;
+            final TaskContext context = getContext();
+            ScannerUtil.setupDirectoryScanner( fs, ds1, context );
             ds.scan();
         }
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java
index bcdc69235..4e98878fe 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/MimeMail.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * A task to send SMTP email. This version has near identical syntax to the
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ public class MimeMail extends Task
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
             if( fs != null )
             {
-                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+                DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
                 String[] dsfiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
                 File baseDir = ds.getBasedir();
 
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java
index 05689e277..1a6a23120 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/perforce/P4Add.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * P4Add - add the specified files to perforce. <b>Example Usage:</b>
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class P4Add extends P4Base
         for( int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             //File fromDir = fs.getDir(project);
 
             String[] srcFiles = ds.getIncludedFiles();
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java
index 13af6b2ed..8c2c52db1 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/CovMerge.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute2;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 
 /**
  * Convenient task to run the snapshot merge utility for JProbe Coverage.
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ public class CovMerge extends Task
         for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)filesets.get( i );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
             ds.scan();
             String[] f = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < f.length; j++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java
index 658be5007..84d06a7b1 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/text/ReplaceRegExp.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ScannerUtil;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.Regexp;
 
 /**
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ public class ReplaceRegExp extends Task
         for( int i = 0; i < sz; i++ )
         {
             FileSet fs = (FileSet)( filesets.get( i ) );
-            DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
+            DirectoryScanner ds = ScannerUtil.getDirectoryScanner( fs );
 
             String files[] = ds.getIncludedFiles();
             for( int j = 0; j < files.length; j++ )
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java
index ca97a287c..e621b5041 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/unix/Chmod.java
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.aut.nativelib.Os;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Pattern;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.exec.ExecuteOn;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Argument;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.PatternSet;
 
 /**
  * Chmod equivalent for unix-like environments.
@@ -64,11 +64,8 @@ public class Chmod
     /**
      * Sets the set of exclude patterns. Patterns may be separated by a comma or
      * a space.
-     *
-     * @param excludes the string containing the exclude patterns
      */
     public void setExcludes( String excludes )
-        throws TaskException
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
         m_defaultSet.setExcludes( excludes );
@@ -96,7 +93,6 @@ public class Chmod
      * @param includes the string containing the include patterns
      */
     public void setIncludes( String includes )
-        throws TaskException
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
         m_defaultSet.setIncludes( includes );
@@ -127,7 +123,6 @@ public class Chmod
      * add a name entry on the include list
      */
     public void addInclude( final Pattern pattern )
-        throws TaskException
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
         m_defaultSet.addInclude( pattern );
@@ -135,13 +130,11 @@ public class Chmod
 
     /**
      * add a set of patterns
-     *
      */
-    public PatternSet createPatternSet()
-        throws TaskException
+    public void addPatternSet( final PatternSet set )
     {
         m_defaultSetDefined = true;
-        return m_defaultSet.createPatternSet();
+        m_defaultSet.addPatternSet( set );
     }
 
     public void execute()
@@ -154,8 +147,10 @@ public class Chmod
         else if( isValidOs() )
         {
             // we are chmodding the given directory
-            addArg( new Argument( m_defaultSet.getDir().getPath() ) );
-            Execute execute = prepareExec();
+            final Argument argument =
+                new Argument( m_defaultSet.getDir().getPath() );
+            addArg( argument );
+            final Execute execute = prepareExec();
             try
             {
                 execute.setCommandline( getCommand().getCommandline() );