diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/PatternSet.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/PatternSet.java
index d85551731..bce456d06 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/PatternSet.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/PatternSet.java
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
 package org.apache.myrmidon.framework;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 
 /**
  * Named collection of include/exclude tags. <p>
@@ -25,8 +22,8 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
  */
 public class PatternSet
 {
-    private ArrayList m_includeList = new ArrayList();
-    private ArrayList m_excludeList = new ArrayList();
+    private ArrayList m_includes = new ArrayList();
+    private ArrayList m_excludes = new ArrayList();
 
     /**
      * Sets the set of exclude patterns. Patterns may be separated by a comma or
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ public class PatternSet
      */
     public void addExclude( final Pattern pattern )
     {
-        m_excludeList.add( pattern );
+        m_excludes.add( pattern );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -71,22 +68,17 @@ public class PatternSet
      */
     public void addInclude( final Pattern pattern )
     {
-        m_includeList.add( pattern );
+        m_includes.add( pattern );
     }
 
-    public String[] getExcludePatterns( final TaskContext context )
-        throws TaskException
+    public final ArrayList getIncludes()
     {
-        return toArray( m_excludeList, context );
+        return m_includes;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the filtered include patterns.
-     */
-    public String[] getIncludePatterns( final TaskContext context )
-        throws TaskException
+    public final ArrayList getExcludes()
     {
-        return toArray( m_includeList, context );
+        return m_excludes;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -94,14 +86,14 @@ public class PatternSet
      */
     public void append( final PatternSet other )
     {
-        m_includeList.addAll( other.m_includeList );
-        m_excludeList.addAll( other.m_excludeList );
+        m_includes.addAll( other.m_includes );
+        m_excludes.addAll( other.m_excludes );
     }
 
     public String toString()
     {
-        return "PatternSet [ includes: " + m_includeList +
-            " excludes: " + m_excludeList + " ]";
+        return "PatternSet [ includes: " + m_includes +
+            " excludes: " + m_excludes + " ]";
     }
 
     private Pattern[] parsePatterns( final String patternString )
@@ -119,29 +111,4 @@ public class PatternSet
 
         return (Pattern[])patterns.toArray( new Pattern[ patterns.size() ] );
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Convert a vector of Pattern elements into an array of Strings.
-     */
-    private String[] toArray( final ArrayList list, final TaskContext context )
-    {
-        if( list.size() == 0 )
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        final ArrayList names = new ArrayList();
-        final Iterator e = list.iterator();
-        while( e.hasNext() )
-        {
-            final Pattern pattern = (Pattern)e.next();
-            final String result = pattern.evaluateName( context );
-            if( null != result && result.length() > 0 )
-            {
-                names.add( result );
-            }
-        }
-
-        return (String[])names.toArray( new String[ names.size() ] );
-    }
 }
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/PatternUtil.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/PatternUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b99e96ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/PatternUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package org.apache.myrmidon.framework;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ * @version $Revision$ $Date$
+ */
+public class PatternUtil
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the filtered include patterns.
+     */
+    public static String[] getIncludePatterns( final PatternSet set,
+                                               final TaskContext context )
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+        return toArray( set.getIncludes(), context );
+    }
+
+    public static String[] getExcludePatterns( final PatternSet set,
+                                               final TaskContext context )
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+        return toArray( set.getExcludes(), context );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert a vector of Pattern elements into an array of Strings.
+     */
+    private static String[] toArray( final ArrayList list, final TaskContext context )
+    {
+        if( list.size() == 0 )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final ArrayList names = new ArrayList();
+        final Iterator patterns = list.iterator();
+        while( patterns.hasNext() )
+        {
+            final Pattern pattern = (Pattern)patterns.next();
+            final String result = pattern.evaluateName( context );
+            if( null != result && result.length() > 0 )
+            {
+                names.add( result );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return (String[])names.toArray( new String[ names.size() ] );
+    }
+}