org.apache.tools.ant
Class ProjectComponent

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractScriptComponent, Commandline.Argument, Concat.TextElement, ConditionBase, DataType, FailureRecorder, FileTokenizer, HasMethod, Http, IsFalse, IsLastModified, IsReachable, IsReference, IsSet, IsTrue, Javadoc.ExtensionInfo, LineTokenizer, Matches, Message, ParserSupports, Provider, ResourceExists, Service, Socket, StringTokenizer, Task, TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter, TokenFilter.ContainsString, TokenFilter.DeleteCharacters, TypeFound, XMLFragment

public abstract class ProjectComponent
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

Base class for components of a project, including tasks and data types. Provides common facilities.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	description Deprecated. since 1.6.x. You should not be accessing this variable directly.
protected Location	location Deprecated. since 1.6.x. You should not be accessing this variable directly. Please use the getLocation() method.
protected Project	project Deprecated. since 1.6.x. You should not be directly accessing this variable directly. You should access project object via the getProject() or setProject() accessor/mutators.

Constructor Summary

ProjectComponent()
Sole constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone()
java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns the description of the current action.
Location	getLocation() Returns the file/location where this task was defined.
Project	getProject() Returns the project to which this component belongs.
void	log(java.lang.String msg) Logs a message with the default (INFO) priority.
void	log(java.lang.String msg, int msgLevel) Logs a message with the given priority.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String desc) Sets a description of the current action.
void	setLocation(Location location) Sets the file/location where this task was defined.
void	setProject(Project project) Sets the project object of this component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

project

protected Project project

Deprecated. since 1.6.x. You should not be directly accessing this variable directly. You should access project object via the getProject() or setProject() accessor/mutators.

Project object of this component.

location

protected Location location

Deprecated. since 1.6.x. You should not be accessing this variable directly. Please use the getLocation() method.

Location within the build file of this task definition.

description

protected java.lang.String description

Deprecated. since 1.6.x. You should not be accessing this variable directly.

Description of this component, if any.

Constructor Detail

ProjectComponent

public ProjectComponent()

Sole constructor.

Method Detail

setProject

public void setProject(Project project)

Sets the project object of this component. This method is used by Project when a component is added to it so that the component has access to the functions of the project. It should not be used for any other purpose.

Parameters:

project - Project in whose scope this component belongs. Must not be null.

getProject

public Project getProject()

Returns the project to which this component belongs.

Returns:

the components's project.

getLocation

public Location getLocation()

Returns the file/location where this task was defined.

Returns:

the file/location where this task was defined. Should not return null. Location.UNKNOWN_LOCATION is used for unknown locations.

See Also:

Location.UNKNOWN_LOCATION

setLocation

public void setLocation(Location location)

Sets the file/location where this task was defined.

Parameters:

location - The file/location where this task was defined. Should not be null--use Location.UNKNOWN_LOCATION if the location isn't known.

See Also:

Location.UNKNOWN_LOCATION

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String desc)

Sets a description of the current action. This may be used for logging purposes.

Parameters:

desc - Description of the current action. May be null, indicating that no description is available.

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns the description of the current action.

Returns:

the description of the current action, or null if no description is available.

log

public void log(java.lang.String msg)

Logs a message with the default (INFO) priority.

Parameters:

msg - The message to be logged. Should not be null.

log

public void log(java.lang.String msg,
                int msgLevel)

Logs a message with the given priority.

Parameters:

msg - The message to be logged. Should not be null.

msgLevel - the message priority at which this message is to be logged.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a shallow copy of this projectcomponent.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - does not happen, but is declared to allow subclasses to do so.

Since:

Ant 1.7