diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/defaults.properties b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/defaults.properties
index 369361ce2..91bc4f62d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/defaults.properties
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/defaults.properties
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ last=org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Last
 tarfileset=org.apache.tools.ant.types.TarFileSet
 tokens=org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Tokens
 mappedresources=org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.MappedResourceCollection
+archives=org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Archives
 
 #Resources (single-element ResourceCollections):
 resource=org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/CollectionUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/CollectionUtils.java
index 9195d2658..da112c8c7 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/CollectionUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/CollectionUtils.java
@@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ public class CollectionUtils {
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a collection containg all elements of the iterator.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    public static Collection asCollection(final Iterator iter) {
+        List l = new ArrayList();
+        while (iter.hasNext()) {
+            l.add(iter.next());
+        }
+        return l;
+    }
+
     private static final class CompoundEnumeration implements Enumeration {
 
         private final Enumeration e1, e2;