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<pre>public abstract class <span class="strong">Task</span>
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<div class="block">Base class for all tasks.
Use Project.createTask to create a new task instance rather than
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#target">target</a></strong></code>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#wrapper">wrapper</a></strong></code>
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<caption><span>Methods</span><span class="tabEnd"> </span></caption>
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<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th>
<th class="colLast" scope="col">Method and Description</th>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#bindToOwner(org.apache.tools.ant.Task)">bindToOwner</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Task</a> owner)</code>
<div class="block">Bind a task to another; use this when configuring a newly created
task to do work on behalf of another.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#execute()">execute</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Called by the project to let the task do its work.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Target.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Target</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#getOwningTarget()">getOwningTarget</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the container target of this task.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">RuntimeConfigurable</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper()">getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the wrapper used for runtime configuration.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.String</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#getTaskName()">getTaskName</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the name to use in logging messages.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.String</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#getTaskType()">getTaskType</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Return the type of task.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected <a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">RuntimeConfigurable</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#getWrapper()">getWrapper</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Return the runtime configurable structure for this task.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#handleErrorFlush(java.lang.String)">handleErrorFlush</a></strong>(java.lang.String output)</code>
<div class="block">Handles an error line by logging it with the WARN priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#handleErrorOutput(java.lang.String)">handleErrorOutput</a></strong>(java.lang.String output)</code>
<div class="block">Handles an error output by logging it with the WARN priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#handleFlush(java.lang.String)">handleFlush</a></strong>(java.lang.String output)</code>
<div class="block">Handles output by logging it with the INFO priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected int</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#handleInput(byte[], int, int)">handleInput</a></strong>(byte[] buffer,
int offset,
int length)</code>
<div class="block">Handle an input request by this task.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#handleOutput(java.lang.String)">handleOutput</a></strong>(java.lang.String output)</code>
<div class="block">Handles output by logging it with the INFO priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#init()">init</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Called by the project to let the task initialize properly.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#isInvalid()">isInvalid</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Has this task been marked invalid?</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#log(java.lang.String)">log</a></strong>(java.lang.String msg)</code>
<div class="block">Logs a message with the default (INFO) priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#log(java.lang.String, int)">log</a></strong>(java.lang.String msg,
int msgLevel)</code>
<div class="block">Logs a message with the given priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#log(java.lang.String, java.lang.Throwable, int)">log</a></strong>(java.lang.String msg,
java.lang.Throwable t,
int msgLevel)</code>
<div class="block">Logs a message with the given priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#log(java.lang.Throwable, int)">log</a></strong>(java.lang.Throwable t,
int msgLevel)</code>
<div class="block">Logs a message with the given priority.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#maybeConfigure()">maybeConfigure</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Configures this task - if it hasn't been done already.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#perform()">perform</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Performs this task if it's still valid, or gets a replacement
version and performs that otherwise.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#reconfigure()">reconfigure</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Force the task to be reconfigured from its RuntimeConfigurable.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#setOwningTarget(org.apache.tools.ant.Target)">setOwningTarget</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Target.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Target</a> target)</code>
<div class="block">Sets the target container of this task.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper(org.apache.tools.ant.RuntimeConfigurable)">setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">RuntimeConfigurable</a> wrapper)</code>
<div class="block">Sets the wrapper to be used for runtime configuration.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#setTaskName(java.lang.String)">setTaskName</a></strong>(java.lang.String name)</code>
<div class="block">Sets the name to use in logging messages.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#setTaskType(java.lang.String)">setTaskType</a></strong>(java.lang.String type)</code>
<div class="block">Sets the name with which the task has been invoked.</div>
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<pre>protected <a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Target.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Target</a> target</pre>
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You should not be accessing this variable directly.
Please use the <a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#getOwningTarget()"><code>getOwningTarget()</code></a> method.</i></div>
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<pre>protected java.lang.String taskName</pre>
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<div class="block">Name of this task to be used for logging purposes.
This defaults to the same as the type, but may be
overridden by the user. For instance, the name "java"
isn't terribly descriptive for a task used within
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<pre>public Task()</pre>
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<div class="block">Sets the target container of this task.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>target</code> - Target in whose scope this task belongs.
May be <code>null</code>, indicating a top-level task.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Returns the container target of this task.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>The target containing this task, or <code>null</code> if
this task is a top-level task.</dd></dl>
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<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>name</code> - The name to use in logging messages.
Should not be <code>null</code>.</dd></dl>
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<pre>public java.lang.String getTaskName()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns the name to use in logging messages.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the name to use in logging messages.</dd></dl>
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<pre>public void setTaskType(java.lang.String type)</pre>
<div class="block">Sets the name with which the task has been invoked.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>type</code> - The name the task has been invoked as.
Should not be <code>null</code>.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Called by the project to let the task initialize properly.
The default implementation is a no-op.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/BuildException.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">BuildException</a></code> - if something goes wrong with the build</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Called by the project to let the task do its work. This method may be
called more than once, if the task is invoked more than once.
For example,
if target1 and target2 both depend on target3, then running
"ant target1 target2" will run all tasks in target3 twice.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/BuildException.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">BuildException</a></code> - if something goes wrong with the build.</dd></dl>
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<pre>public <a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">RuntimeConfigurable</a> getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns the wrapper used for runtime configuration.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the wrapper used for runtime configuration. This
method will generate a new wrapper (and cache it)
if one isn't set already.</dd></dl>
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<pre>public void setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper(<a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">RuntimeConfigurable</a> wrapper)</pre>
<div class="block">Sets the wrapper to be used for runtime configuration.
This method should be used only by the ProjectHelper and Ant internals.
It is public to allow helper plugins to operate on tasks, normal tasks
should never use it.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>wrapper</code> - The wrapper to be used for runtime configuration.
May be <code>null</code>, in which case the next call
to getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper will generate a new
wrapper.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Configures this task - if it hasn't been done already.
If the task has been invalidated, it is replaced with an
UnknownElement task which uses the new definition in the project.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/BuildException.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">BuildException</a></code> - if the task cannot be configured.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Handles output by logging it with the INFO priority.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>output</code> - The output to log. Should not be <code>null</code>.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<div class="block">Handle an input request by this task.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>buffer</code> - the buffer into which data is to be read.</dd><dd><code>offset</code> - the offset into the buffer at which data is stored.</dd><dd><code>length</code> - the amount of data to read.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the number of bytes read.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
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<pre>public void log(java.lang.String msg)</pre>
<div class="block">Logs a message with the default (INFO) priority.</div>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.html#log(java.lang.String)">log</a></code> in class <code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">ProjectComponent</a></code></dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>msg</code> - The message to be logged. Should not be <code>null</code>.</dd></dl>
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<pre>public void log(java.lang.String msg,
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the actual logging to the project.</div>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.html#log(java.lang.String, int)">log</a></code> in class <code><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">ProjectComponent</a></code></dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>msg</code> - The message to be logged. Should not be <code>null</code>.</dd><dd><code>msgLevel</code> - The message priority at which this message is to
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<div class="block">Logs a message with the given priority. This delegates
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<div class="block">Logs a message with the given priority. This delegates
the actual logging to the project.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>msg</code> - The message to be logged. Should not be <code>null</code>.</dd><dd><code>t</code> - The exception to be logged. May be <code>null</code>.</dd><dd><code>msgLevel</code> - The message priority at which this message is to
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configuring the task, executing it, and then firing task finished
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<div class="block">Return the runtime configurable structure for this task.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the runtime structure for this task.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Bind a task to another; use this when configuring a newly created
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Project, OwningTarget, TaskName, Location and Description are all copied
Important: this method does not call <a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#init()"><code>init()</code></a>.
If you are creating a task to delegate work to, call <a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Task.html#init()"><code>init()</code></a>
to initialize it.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>owner</code> - owning target</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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