Ant example source code file (Not.java)

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The Not.java source code

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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition;

import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;

/**
 * <not> condition.
 *
 * Evaluates to true if the single condition nested into it is false
 * and vice versa.
 *
 * @since Ant 1.4
 */
public class Not extends ConditionBase implements Condition {

    /**
     * Evaluate condition
     *
     * @return true if the condition is true.
     * @throws BuildException if the condition is not configured correctly.
     */
    public boolean eval() throws BuildException {
        if (countConditions() > 1) {
            throw new BuildException("You must not nest more than one "
                + "condition into <not>");
        }
        if (countConditions() < 1) {
            throw new BuildException("You must nest a condition into <not>");
        }
        return !((Condition) getConditions().nextElement()).eval();
    }

}