org.apache.tools.ant.input

Class DefaultInputHandler

public class DefaultInputHandler extends Object implements InputHandler

Prompts on System.err, reads input from System.in

Since: Ant 1.5

Constructor Summary
	DefaultInputHandler() Empty no-arg constructor

Method Summary
protected InputStream	getInputStream() Returns the input stream from which the user input should be read.
protected String	getPrompt(InputRequest request) Constructs user prompt from a request.
void	handleInput(InputRequest request) Prompts and requests input.

Constructor Detail

DefaultInputHandler

public DefaultInputHandler()

Empty no-arg constructor

Method Detail

getInputStream

protected InputStream getInputStream()

Returns the input stream from which the user input should be read.

Returns: the input stream from which the user input should be read.

getPrompt

protected String getPrompt(InputRequest request)

Constructs user prompt from a request.

This implementation adds (choice1,choice2,choice3,...) to the prompt for MultipleChoiceInputRequests.

Parameters: request the request to construct the prompt for. Must not be null.

Returns: the prompt to ask the user

handleInput

public void handleInput(InputRequest request)

Prompts and requests input. May loop until a valid input has been entered.

Parameters: request the request to handle

Throws: BuildException if not possible to read from console