Filter (Apache Ant API)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Filter


java.lang.Object

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        +--org.apache.tools.ant.Task

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              +--org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Filter


public class Filter
extends Task

Sets a token filter that is used by the file copy tasks to do token substitution. Sets mutiple tokens by reading these from a file.

Since:
Ant 1.1
Author:
Stefano Mazzocchi stefano@apache.org
, Gero Vermaas gero@xs4all.nl , Michael McCallum

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
description, location, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
project
 
Constructor Summary
Filter()
           
 
Method Summary
 void execute()
          Called by the project to let the task do its work.
protected  void readFilters()
           
 void setFiltersfile(java.io.File filtersFile)
          The file from which the filters must be read.
 void setToken(java.lang.String token)
          The token string without @ delimiters.
 void setValue(java.lang.String value)
          The string that should replace the token during filtered copies.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, handleErrorOutput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
getProject, setProject
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Filter


public Filter()
Method Detail

setToken


public void setToken(java.lang.String token)
The token string without @ delimiters.

Parameters:
token - token to set

setValue


public void setValue(java.lang.String value)
The string that should replace the token during filtered copies.

Parameters:
value - token replace value

setFiltersfile


public void setFiltersfile(java.io.File filtersFile)
The file from which the filters must be read. This file must be a formatted as a property file.

Parameters:
filtersFile - filter file

execute


public void execute()
             throws BuildException
Description copied from class: Task
Called by the project to let the task do its work. This method may be called more than once, if the task is invoked more than once. For example, if target1 and target2 both depend on target3, then running "ant target1 target2" will run all tasks in target3 twice.

Overrides:
execute in class Task
Throws:
BuildException - if something goes wrong with the build

readFilters


protected void readFilters()
                    throws BuildException
BuildException


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