org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class DefBase

public abstract class DefBase extends AntlibDefinition

Base class for Definitions handling uri and class loading. (This was part of Definer)

Since: Ant 1.6

Method Summary
Path	createClasspath() Create the classpath to be used when searching for component being defined
protected ClassLoader	createLoader() create a classloader for this definition
Path	getClasspath()
String	getClasspathId() Returns the class path id of the class path delegate.
String	getLoaderId() Returns the loader id of the class path Delegate.
void	init()
boolean	isReverseLoader()
void	setClasspath(Path classpath) Set the classpath to be used when searching for component being defined
void	setClasspathRef(Reference r) reference to a classpath to use when loading the files.
void	setLoaderRef(Reference r) Use the reference to locate the loader.
void	setReverseLoader(boolean reverseLoader)

Method Detail

createClasspath

public Path createClasspath()

Create the classpath to be used when searching for component being defined

Returns: the classpath of the this definition

createLoader

protected ClassLoader createLoader()

create a classloader for this definition

Returns: the classloader from the cpDelegate

getClasspath

public Path getClasspath()

Returns: the classpath for this definition

getClasspathId

public String getClasspathId()

Returns the class path id of the class path delegate.

Returns: the class path id

getLoaderId

public String getLoaderId()

Returns the loader id of the class path Delegate.

Returns: the loader id

isReverseLoader

public boolean isReverseLoader()

Returns: the reverse loader attribute of the classpath delegate.

setClasspath

public void setClasspath(Path classpath)

Set the classpath to be used when searching for component being defined

Parameters: classpath an Ant Path object containing the classpath.

setClasspathRef

public void setClasspathRef(Reference r)

reference to a classpath to use when loading the files. To actually share the same loader, set loaderref as well

Parameters: r the reference to the classpath

Use the reference to locate the loader. If the loader is not found, taskdef will use the specified classpath and register it with the specified name. This allow multiple taskdef/typedef to use the same class loader, so they can be used together. It eliminate the need to put them in the CLASSPATH.

Parameters: r the reference to locate the loader.

Since: Ant 1.5

setReverseLoader

public void setReverseLoader(boolean reverseLoader)

Deprecated: stop using this attribute

Parameters: reverseLoader if true a delegated loader will take precedence over the parent

UNKNOWN: ignore="true"