org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class MakeUrl

public class MakeUrl extends Task

This task takes file and turns them into a URL, which it then assigns to a property. Use when for setting up RMI codebases.

nested filesets are supported; if present, these are turned into the url with the given separator between them (default = " ").

UNKNOWN: category="core" name="makeurl"

Field Summary
static String	ERROR_MISSING_FILE Missing file
static String	ERROR_NO_FILES No files defined
static String	ERROR_NO_PROPERTY No property defined

Method Summary
void	addFileSet(FileSet fileset) a fileset of jar files to include in the URL, each separated by the separator
void	addPath(Path path) add a path to the URL.
void	execute() Create the url
void	setFile(File file) the name of a file to be converted into a URL
void	setProperty(String property) set the name of a property to fill with the URL
void	setSeparator(String separator) set the separator for the multi-url option.
void	setValidate(boolean validate) set this flag to trigger validation that every named file exists.

Field Detail

ERROR_MISSING_FILE

public static final String ERROR_MISSING_FILE

Missing file

ERROR_NO_FILES

public static final String ERROR_NO_FILES

No files defined

ERROR_NO_PROPERTY

public static final String ERROR_NO_PROPERTY

No property defined

Method Detail

addFileSet

public void addFileSet(FileSet fileset)

a fileset of jar files to include in the URL, each separated by the separator

Parameters: fileset the fileset to be added.

addPath

public void addPath(Path path)

add a path to the URL. All elements in the path will be converted to individual URL entries

Parameters: path a path value.

execute

public void execute()

Create the url

Throws: org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException if something goes wrong with the build

setFile

public void setFile(File file)

the name of a file to be converted into a URL

Parameters: file the file to be converted.

setProperty

public void setProperty(String property)

set the name of a property to fill with the URL

Parameters: property the name of the property.

setSeparator

public void setSeparator(String separator)

set the separator for the multi-url option.

Parameters: separator the separator to use.

setValidate

public void setValidate(boolean validate)

set this flag to trigger validation that every named file exists. Optional: default=true

Parameters: validate a boolean value.