Actually even in Ant 1.4.1 a task didn't need to extend from Task
either, although it really is best to do so to have access to logging
and the Project object. All a task has to do is implement an execute()
method :))
Erik
Dominique Devienne wrote:
> This 'param class that extends DataType' is not necessary. Any class will do
> as a sub-element, provided it can be created using an add / addConfigured /
> create method in the task class. And with Ant 1.5, a task doesn't even need
> to extend Task, although that doesn't hurt (and is sometimes necessary if
> one needs to access the Ant Project reference). Stefan will correct me if
> I'm wrong ;-) --DD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Cuprak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:42 PM
> To: Ant
> Subject: Re: [Q:] Writing a simple Ant task?
>
>
> To accomplish this, you need to write a param class that extends DataType,
> has a default constructor and setter/getter methods for the attributes. In
> the mytask (extends Task), you add a method "addParam" which takes your
> param class.
> Hopefully that answers your question!
>
> -Ryan Cuprak
>
> On 9/25/02 7:51 AM, "David M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I wanted to write a task along the following lines
>>
>><mytask srcfile="" destfile="">
>> <param find="Key1" replaceWith="Value1"/>
>> <param find="Key2" replaceWith="Value2"/>
>>
>> <param find="Keyn" replaceWith="Valuen"/>
>></mytask>
>>
>>In reading through the documentation trying to write this task I came
>>across copy and filterset which seem to do exactly what I want.
>>
>>However, I would still like to understand how I would write this task.
>>
>>Looking at the Ant source code, it seems generic enough to be able to
>>handle arbitary nested elements, but what methods must I put on my task
>>class to support this? I am thinking createParam(), setParam() and
>>getParam().
>>
>>Do I need to create a ant.types.Param class?
>>
>>Any advice that helps me write this task would be gratefully received.
>>
>>Regards,
>>David
>
>
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