org.apache.tools.ant
Class Task

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

Ant, Available, Chmod, Copyfile, Delete, Deltree, Echo, Exec, Expand, Filter, Get, GZip, KeySubst, MatchingTask, Mkdir, Property, Rename, Replace, Rmic, Script, TaskAdapter, Taskdef, Tstamp

public abstract class Task

extends java.lang.Object

Base class for all tasks.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	description
protected Project	project
protected Target	target

Constructor Summary

Task()

Method Summary

void	execute() Called by the project to let the task do it's work.
java.lang.String	getDescription()
void	init() Called by the project to let the task initialize properly.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String desc) Sets a description of the current action.
void	setTarget(Target target) Sets the target object of this task.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

project

protected Project project

target

protected Target target

description

protected java.lang.String description

Constructor Detail

Task

public Task()

Method Detail

setTarget

public void setTarget(Target target)

Sets the target object of this task.

Parameters:

target - Target in whose scope this task belongs.

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String desc)

Sets a description of the current action. It will be usefull in commenting what we are doing.

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

init

public void init()
          throws BuildException

Called by the project to let the task initialize properly. Normally it does nothing.

Throws:

BuildException - if someting goes wrong with the build

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Called by the project to let the task do it's work. Normally it does nothing.

Throws:

BuildException - if someting goes wrong with the build