Ant example source code file (Taskdef.java)

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The Taskdef.java source code

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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
import org.apache.tools.ant.TaskAdapter;

/**
 * Adds a task definition to the current project, such that this new task can be
 * used in the current project. Two attributes are needed, the name that identifies
 * this task uniquely, and the full name of the class (including the packages) that
 * implements this task.</p>
 * <p>You can also define a group of tasks at once using the file or
 * resource attributes.  These attributes point to files in the format of
 * Java property files.  Each line defines a single task in the
 * format:</p>
 * <pre>
 * taskname=fully.qualified.java.classname
 * </pre>
 * @since Ant 1.1
 * @ant.task category="internal"
 */
public class Taskdef extends Typedef {

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     * Creates a new Taskdef instance.
     * This sets the adapter and the adaptto classes to
     * TaskAdapter and Task.
     */

    public Taskdef() {
        setAdapterClass(TaskAdapter.class);
        setAdaptToClass(Task.class);
    }
}