Where should my custom task class file be located?
This is my filesystem hierarchy:
basedir
|
+---- xml build files (my project's basedir is "../" )
+--- project class files
+--- project source files
+--- project classpath libs
My taskdef code is as follows:
<taskdef name="javancss" classname="JavaNcssTask"/>
I've copied the task class file to each place. The error received is:
parsing buildfile C:\dev\java\build\build.xml with URI =
file:C:/dev/java/build/build.xml
Setting project property: basedir -> C:\dev\java
Project base dir set to: C:\dev\java
+Task: property
Loading C:\dev\java\build\mybuild.properties
Setting project property: buildfile.dir -> build
Setting project property: src.dir -> src
Setting project property: src.test.dir -> test
Setting project property: buildtools.buildfile -> buildtools-build.xml
Setting project property: lib.build.dir -> lib/build
Setting project property: build.dir -> class
Setting project property: dist.dir -> jar
Setting project property: javadoc.dir -> docs/api
+Task: taskdef
build.xml [33] taskdef class JavaNcssTask cannot be found
--- Nested Exception ---
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Will not load classes from the default
package
at
org.netbeans.core.MultiURLClassLoader.loadClass(MultiURLClassLoader.java:176
)
at
org.netbeans.core.MultiURLClassLoader.loadClass(MultiURLClassLoader.java:140
)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:253)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Taskdef.execute(Taskdef.java:111)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper$TaskHandler.finished(ProjectHelper.java:4
82)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper$AbstractHandler.endElement(ProjectHelper.
java:204)
at
org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderAdapter.endElement(XMLReaderAdapter.java:347)
at
org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.endElement(SAXParser.java:1403)
at
org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.callEndElement(XMLValidator
.java:1180)
at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanElement(XMLDocumentScanne
r.java:1861)
at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$ContentDispatcher.dispatch(XM
LDocumentScanner.java:1234)
at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDocumentScanner.
java:381)
at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:952)
at
org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderAdapter.parse(XMLReaderAdapter.java:223)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:345)
at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.parse(ProjectHelper.java:117)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:85)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.module.run.TargetExecutor.run(TargetExecutor.java:236)
at
org.netbeans.core.execution.RunClassThread.run(RunClassThread.java:118)
Assistance grateful as always!
T Master.
