org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional

Class PropertyFile

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

org.apache.tools.ant.Task

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.PropertyFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public class PropertyFile
extends Task

Modifies settings in a property file.

The following is an example of its usage:

    <target name="setState">
      <property
        name="header"
        value="##Generated file - do not modify!"/>
      <propertyfile file="apropfile.properties" comment="${header}">
        <entry key="product.version.major" type="int"  value="5"/>
        <entry key="product.version.minor" type="int"  value="0"/>
        <entry key="product.build.major"   type="int"  value="0" />
        <entry key="product.build.minor"   type="int"  operation="+" />
        <entry key="product.build.date"    type="date" value="now" />
        <entry key="intSet" type="int" operation="=" value="681"/>
        <entry key="intDec" type="int" operation="-"/>
        <entry key="StringEquals" type="string" value="testValue"/>
     </propertyfile>
   </target>
 

The <propertyfile> task must have:

• file

Other parameters are:

• comment
• key
• operation
• type
• value (the final four being eliminated shortly)

The <entry> task must have:

• key

Other parameters are:

• operation
• type
• value
• default
• unit

If type is unspecified, it defaults to string. Parameter values:

• operation:
• "=" (set -- default)
• "-" (dec)
• "+" (inc)
• type:
• "int"
• "date"
• "string"
• value:
• holds the default value, if the property was not found in property file
• "now" In case of type "date", the value "now" will be replaced by the current date/time and used even if a valid date was found in the property file.

String property types can only use the "=" operation. Int property types can only use the "=", "-" or "+" operations.

The message property is used for the property file header, with "\\" being a newline delimiter character.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	PropertyFile.Entry Instance of this class represents nested elements of a task propertyfile.
static class	PropertyFile.Unit Borrowed from Tstamp

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertyFile()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PropertyFile.Entry	createEntry() The entry nested element.
void	execute() Execute the task.
void	setComment(String hdr) optional header comment for the file
void	setFile(File file) Location of the property file to be edited; required.
void	setJDKProperties(boolean val) optional flag to use original Java properties (as opposed to layout preserving properties)

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, setProject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyFile

public PropertyFile()

Method Detail

createEntry

public PropertyFile.Entry createEntry()

The entry nested element.

Returns:

an entry nested element to be configured.

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Execute the task.

Overrides:

execute in class Task

Throws:

BuildException - on error.

setComment

public void setComment(String hdr)

optional header comment for the file

Parameters:

hdr - the string to use for the comment.

setFile

public void setFile(File file)

Location of the property file to be edited; required.

Parameters:

file - the property file.

setJDKProperties

public void setJDKProperties(boolean val)

optional flag to use original Java properties (as opposed to layout preserving properties)