org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class Delete

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

org.apache.tools.ant.Task

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, SelectorContainer

public class Delete
extends MatchingTask

Deletes a file or directory, or set of files defined by a fileset. The original delete task would delete a file, or a set of files using the include/exclude syntax. The deltree task would delete a directory tree. This task combines the functionality of these two originally distinct tasks.

Currently Delete extends MatchingTask. This is intended only to provide backwards compatibility for a release. The future position is to use nested filesets exclusively.

Since:

Ant 1.2

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected File	dir
protected File	file
protected Vector<FileSet>	filesets
protected boolean	includeEmpty
protected boolean	usedMatchingTask

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask

fileset

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Delete()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(FileSelector selector) add an arbitrary selector
void	add(ResourceCollection rc) Add an arbitrary ResourceCollection to be deleted.
void	addAnd(AndSelector selector) add an "And" selector entry on the selector list
void	addContains(ContainsSelector selector) add a contains selector entry on the selector list
void	addContainsRegexp(ContainsRegexpSelector selector) add a regular expression selector entry on the selector list
void	addCustom(ExtendSelector selector) add an extended selector entry on the selector list
void	addDate(DateSelector selector) add a selector date entry on the selector list
void	addDepend(DependSelector selector) add a depends selector entry on the selector list
void	addDepth(DepthSelector selector) add a depth selector entry on the selector list
void	addFilename(FilenameSelector selector) add a selector filename entry on the selector list
void	addFileset(FileSet set) Adds a set of files to be deleted.
void	addMajority(MajoritySelector selector) add a majority selector entry on the selector list
void	addModified(ModifiedSelector selector) add the modified selector
void	addNone(NoneSelector selector) add a "None" selector entry on the selector list
void	addNot(NotSelector selector) add a "Not" selector entry on the selector list
void	addOr(OrSelector selector) add an "Or" selector entry on the selector list
void	addPresent(PresentSelector selector) add a present selector entry on the selector list
void	addSelector(SelectSelector selector) add a "Select" selector entry on the selector list
void	addSize(SizeSelector selector) add a selector size entry on the selector list
PatternSet.NameEntry	createExclude() add a name entry on the exclude list
PatternSet.NameEntry	createExcludesFile() add a name entry on the include files list
PatternSet.NameEntry	createInclude() add a name entry on the include list
PatternSet.NameEntry	createIncludesFile() add a name entry on the include files list
PatternSet	createPatternSet() add a set of patterns
void	execute() Delete the file(s).
protected void	removeDir(File d) Delete a directory
protected void	removeFiles(File d, String[] files, String[] dirs) remove an array of files in a directory, and a list of subdirectories which will only be deleted if 'includeEmpty' is true
void	setCaseSensitive(boolean isCaseSensitive) Sets case sensitivity of the file system
void	setDefaultexcludes(boolean useDefaultExcludes) Sets whether default exclusions should be used or not.
void	setDeleteOnExit(boolean deleteOnExit) If true, on failure to delete, note the error and set the deleteonexit flag, and continue
void	setDir(File dir) Set the directory from which files are to be deleted
void	setExcludes(String excludes) Sets the set of exclude patterns.
void	setExcludesfile(File excludesfile) Sets the name of the file containing the includes patterns.
void	setFailOnError(boolean failonerror) If false, note errors but continue.
void	setFile(File file) Set the name of a single file to be removed.
void	setFollowSymlinks(boolean followSymlinks) Sets whether or not symbolic links should be followed.
void	setIncludeEmptyDirs(boolean includeEmpty) If true, delete empty directories.
void	setIncludes(String includes) Sets the set of include patterns.
void	setIncludesfile(File includesfile) Sets the name of the file containing the includes patterns.
void	setPerformGcOnFailedDelete(boolean b) Whether to perform a garbage collection before retrying a failed delete.
void	setQuiet(boolean quiet) If true and the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic message or modify the exit status to reflect an error.
void	setRemoveNotFollowedSymlinks(boolean b) Sets whether the symbolic links that have not been followed shall be removed (the links, not the locations they point at).
void	setVerbose(boolean verbose) If true, list all names of deleted files.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask

addDifferent, addType, appendSelector, getDirectoryScanner, getImplicitFileSet, getSelectors, hasSelectors, selectorCount, selectorElements, setProject, XsetIgnore, XsetItems

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task

bindToOwner, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, setDescription, setLocation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dir

protected File dir

file

protected File file

filesets

protected Vector<FileSet> filesets

includeEmpty

protected boolean includeEmpty

usedMatchingTask

protected boolean usedMatchingTask

Constructor Detail

Delete

public Delete()

Method Detail

add

public void add(FileSelector selector)

add an arbitrary selector

Specified by:

add in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

add in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

Since:

Ant 1.6

add

public void add(ResourceCollection rc)

Add an arbitrary ResourceCollection to be deleted.

Parameters:

rc - the filesystem-only ResourceCollection.

addAnd

public void addAnd(AndSelector selector)

add an "And" selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addAnd in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addAnd in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addContains

public void addContains(ContainsSelector selector)

add a contains selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addContains in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addContains in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addContainsRegexp

public void addContainsRegexp(ContainsRegexpSelector selector)

add a regular expression selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addContainsRegexp in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addContainsRegexp in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addCustom

public void addCustom(ExtendSelector selector)

add an extended selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addCustom in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addCustom in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addDate

public void addDate(DateSelector selector)

add a selector date entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addDate in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addDate in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addDepend

public void addDepend(DependSelector selector)

add a depends selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addDepend in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addDepend in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addDepth

public void addDepth(DepthSelector selector)

add a depth selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addDepth in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addDepth in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addFilename

public void addFilename(FilenameSelector selector)

add a selector filename entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addFilename in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addFilename in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addFileset

public void addFileset(FileSet set)

Adds a set of files to be deleted.

Parameters:

set - the set of files to be deleted

addMajority

public void addMajority(MajoritySelector selector)

add a majority selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addMajority in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addMajority in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addModified

public void addModified(ModifiedSelector selector)

add the modified selector

Specified by:

addModified in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addModified in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to add

Since:

ant 1.6

addNone

public void addNone(NoneSelector selector)

add a "None" selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addNone in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addNone in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addNot

public void addNot(NotSelector selector)

add a "Not" selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addNot in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addNot in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addOr

public void addOr(OrSelector selector)

add an "Or" selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addOr in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addOr in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addPresent

public void addPresent(PresentSelector selector)

add a present selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addPresent in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addPresent in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addSelector

public void addSelector(SelectSelector selector)

add a "Select" selector entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addSelector in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addSelector in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

addSize

public void addSize(SizeSelector selector)

add a selector size entry on the selector list

Specified by:

addSize in interface SelectorContainer

Overrides:

addSize in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

selector - the selector to be added

createExclude

public PatternSet.NameEntry createExclude()

add a name entry on the exclude list

Overrides:

createExclude in class MatchingTask

Returns:

an NameEntry object to be configured

createExcludesFile

public PatternSet.NameEntry createExcludesFile()

add a name entry on the include files list

Overrides:

createExcludesFile in class MatchingTask

Returns:

an NameEntry object to be configured

createInclude

public PatternSet.NameEntry createInclude()

add a name entry on the include list

Overrides:

createInclude in class MatchingTask

Returns:

a NameEntry object to be configured

createIncludesFile

public PatternSet.NameEntry createIncludesFile()

add a name entry on the include files list

Overrides:

createIncludesFile in class MatchingTask

Returns:

an NameEntry object to be configured

createPatternSet

public PatternSet createPatternSet()

add a set of patterns

Overrides:

createPatternSet in class MatchingTask

Returns:

PatternSet object to be configured

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Delete the file(s).

Overrides:

execute in class Task

Throws:

BuildException - if an error occurs

removeDir

protected void removeDir(File d)

Delete a directory

Parameters:

d - the directory to delete

removeFiles

protected void removeFiles(File d,
                           String[] files,
                           String[] dirs)

remove an array of files in a directory, and a list of subdirectories which will only be deleted if 'includeEmpty' is true

Parameters:

d - directory to work from

files - array of files to delete; can be of zero length

dirs - array of directories to delete; can of zero length

setCaseSensitive

public void setCaseSensitive(boolean isCaseSensitive)

Sets case sensitivity of the file system

Overrides:

setCaseSensitive in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

isCaseSensitive - "true"|"on"|"yes" if file system is case sensitive, "false"|"off"|"no" when not.

setDefaultexcludes

public void setDefaultexcludes(boolean useDefaultExcludes)

Sets whether default exclusions should be used or not.

Overrides:

setDefaultexcludes in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

useDefaultExcludes - "true"|"on"|"yes" when default exclusions should be used, "false"|"off"|"no" when they shouldn't be used.

setDeleteOnExit

public void setDeleteOnExit(boolean deleteOnExit)

If true, on failure to delete, note the error and set the deleteonexit flag, and continue

Parameters:

deleteOnExit - true or false

setDir

public void setDir(File dir)

Set the directory from which files are to be deleted

Parameters:

dir - the directory path.

setExcludes

public void setExcludes(String excludes)

Sets the set of exclude patterns. Patterns may be separated by a comma or a space.

Overrides:

setExcludes in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

excludes - the string containing the exclude patterns

setExcludesfile

public void setExcludesfile(File excludesfile)

Sets the name of the file containing the includes patterns.

Overrides:

setExcludesfile in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

excludesfile - A string containing the filename to fetch the include patterns from.

setFailOnError

public void setFailOnError(boolean failonerror)

If false, note errors but continue.

Parameters:

failonerror - true or false

setFile

public void setFile(File file)

Set the name of a single file to be removed.

Parameters:

file - the file to be deleted

setFollowSymlinks

public void setFollowSymlinks(boolean followSymlinks)

Sets whether or not symbolic links should be followed.

Overrides:

setFollowSymlinks in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

followSymlinks - whether or not symbolic links should be followed

setIncludeEmptyDirs

public void setIncludeEmptyDirs(boolean includeEmpty)

If true, delete empty directories.

Parameters:

includeEmpty - if true delete empty directories (only for filesets). Default is false.

setIncludes

public void setIncludes(String includes)

Sets the set of include patterns. Patterns may be separated by a comma or a space.

Overrides:

setIncludes in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

includes - the string containing the include patterns

setIncludesfile

public void setIncludesfile(File includesfile)

Sets the name of the file containing the includes patterns.

Overrides:

setIncludesfile in class MatchingTask

Parameters:

includesfile - A string containing the filename to fetch the include patterns from.

setPerformGcOnFailedDelete

public void setPerformGcOnFailedDelete(boolean b)

Whether to perform a garbage collection before retrying a failed delete.

This may be required on Windows (where it is set to true by default) but also on other operating systems, for example when deleting directories from an NFS share.

Since:

Ant 1.8.3

setQuiet

public void setQuiet(boolean quiet)

If true and the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic message or modify the exit status to reflect an error. This means that if a file or directory cannot be deleted, then no error is reported. This setting emulates the -f option to the Unix "rm" command. Default is false meaning things are "noisy"

Parameters:

quiet - "true" or "on"

setRemoveNotFollowedSymlinks

public void setRemoveNotFollowedSymlinks(boolean b)

Sets whether the symbolic links that have not been followed shall be removed (the links, not the locations they point at).

Since:

Ant 1.8.0

setVerbose

public void setVerbose(boolean verbose)

If true, list all names of deleted files.

Parameters:

verbose - "true" or "on"