org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class XmlProperty

java.lang.Object
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public class XmlProperty
extends Task

Loads property values from a valid XML file, generating the property names from the file's element and attribute names.

Example:

   <root-tag myattr="true">
     <inner-tag someattr="val">Text</inner-tag>
     <a2><a3><a4>false</a4></a3></a2>
     <x>x1</x>
     <x>x2</x>
   </root-tag>

this generates the following properties:

  root-tag(myattr)=true
  root-tag.inner-tag=Text
  root-tag.inner-tag(someattr)=val
  root-tag.a2.a3.a4=false
  root-tag.x=x1,x2
 

The collapseAttributes property of this task can be set to true (the default is false) which will instead result in the following properties (note the difference in names of properties corresponding to XML attributes):

  root-tag.myattr=true
  root-tag.inner-tag=Text
  root-tag.inner-tag.someattr=val
  root-tag.a2.a3.a4=false
  root-tag.x=x1,x2
 

Optionally, to more closely mirror the abilities of the Property task, a selected set of attributes can be treated specially. To enable this behavior, the "semanticAttributes" property of this task must be set to true (it defaults to false). If this attribute is specified, the following attributes take on special meaning (setting this to true implicitly sets collapseAttributes to true as well):

For example, with keepRoot = false, the following properties file:

 <root-tag>
   <build>
   <build folder="build">
     <classes id="build.classes" location="${build.folder}/classes"/>
     <reference refid="build.classes"/>
   </build>
   <compile>
     <classpath pathid="compile.classpath">
       <pathelement location="${build.classes}"/>
     </classpath>
   </compile>
   <run-time>
     <jars>*.jar</jars>
     <classpath pathid="run-time.classpath">
       <path refid="compile.classpath"/>
       <pathelement path="${run-time.jars}"/>
     </classpath>
   </run-time>
 </root-tag>
 

is equivalent to the following entries in a build file:

 <property name="build" location="build"/>
 <property name="build.classes" location="${build.location}/classes"/>
 <property name="build.reference" refid="build.classes"/>

 <property name="run-time.jars" value="*.jar/>

 <classpath id="compile.classpath">
   <pathelement location="${build.classes}"/>
 </classpath>

 <classpath id="run-time.classpath">
   <path refid="compile.classpath"/>
   <pathelement path="${run-time.jars}"/>
 </classpath>
 

This task requires the following attributes:

This task supports the following attributes:


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
description, location, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
project
 
Constructor Summary
XmlProperty()
          Constructor.
 
Method Summary
 void addConfiguredXMLCatalog(XMLCatalog catalog)
          add an XMLCatalog as a nested element; optional.
 void execute()
          Run the task.
protected  boolean getCollapseAttributes()
           
protected  org.xml.sax.EntityResolver getEntityResolver()
           
protected  java.io.File getFile()
           
protected  boolean getIncludeSementicAttribute()
           
protected  boolean getKeeproot()
           
protected  java.lang.String getPrefix()
           
protected  java.io.File getRootDirectory()
           
protected  boolean getSemanticAttributes()
           
protected  boolean getValidate()
           
 void init()
          Initializes the task.
 java.lang.Object processNode(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.Object container)
          Process the given node, adding any required attributes from this child node alone -- but not processing any children.
 void setCollapseAttributes(boolean collapseAttributes)
          flag to treat attributes as nested elements; optional, default false
 void setFile(java.io.File src)
          The XML file to parse; required.
 void setIncludeSemanticAttribute(boolean includeSemanticAttribute)
          Include the semantic attribute name as part of the property name.
 void setKeeproot(boolean keepRoot)
          flag to include the xml root tag as a first value in the property name; optional, default is true
 void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)
          the prefix to prepend to each property
 void setRootDirectory(java.io.File rootDirectory)
          The directory to use for resolving file references.
 void setSemanticAttributes(boolean semanticAttributes)
          Attribute to enable special handling of attributes - see ant manual.
 void setValidate(boolean validate)
          flag to validate the XML file; optional, default false
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
getProject, setProject
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

XmlProperty

public XmlProperty()
Constructor.

Method Detail

init

public void init()
Initializes the task.

Overrides:
init in class Task

getEntityResolver

protected org.xml.sax.EntityResolver getEntityResolver()
Returns:
the xmlCatalog as the entityresolver.

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException
Run the task.

Overrides:
execute in class Task
Throws:
BuildException - The exception raised during task execution.
To do:
validate the source file is valid before opening, print a better error message, add a verbose level log message listing the name of the file being loaded

processNode

public java.lang.Object processNode(org.w3c.dom.Node node,
                                    java.lang.String prefix,
                                    java.lang.Object container)
Process the given node, adding any required attributes from this child node alone -- but not processing any children.

Parameters:
node - the XML Node to parse
prefix - A string to prepend to any properties that get added by this node.
container - Optionally, an object that a parent node generated that this node might belong to. For example, this node could be within a node that generated a Path.
Returns:
the Object created by this node. Generally, this is either a String if this node resulted in setting an attribute, or a Path.

setFile

public void setFile(java.io.File src)
The XML file to parse; required.

Parameters:
src - the file to parse

setPrefix

public void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)
the prefix to prepend to each property

Parameters:
prefix - the prefix to prepend to each property

setKeeproot

public void setKeeproot(boolean keepRoot)
flag to include the xml root tag as a first value in the property name; optional, default is true

Parameters:
keepRoot - if true (default), include the xml root tag

setValidate

public void setValidate(boolean validate)
flag to validate the XML file; optional, default false

Parameters:
validate - if true validate the XML file, default false

setCollapseAttributes

public void setCollapseAttributes(boolean collapseAttributes)
flag to treat attributes as nested elements; optional, default false

Parameters:
collapseAttributes - if true treat attributes as nested elements

setSemanticAttributes

public void setSemanticAttributes(boolean semanticAttributes)
Attribute to enable special handling of attributes - see ant manual.

Parameters:
semanticAttributes - if true enable the special handling.

setRootDirectory

public void setRootDirectory(java.io.File rootDirectory)
The directory to use for resolving file references. Ignored if semanticAttributes is not set to true.

Parameters:
rootDirectory - the directory.

setIncludeSemanticAttribute

public void setIncludeSemanticAttribute(boolean includeSemanticAttribute)
Include the semantic attribute name as part of the property name. Ignored if semanticAttributes is not set to true.

Parameters:
includeSemanticAttribute - if true include the sematic attribute name.

addConfiguredXMLCatalog

public void addConfiguredXMLCatalog(XMLCatalog catalog)
add an XMLCatalog as a nested element; optional.

Parameters:
catalog - the XMLCatalog to use

getFile

protected java.io.File getFile()
Returns:
the file attribute.

getPrefix

protected java.lang.String getPrefix()
Returns:
the prefix attribute.

getKeeproot

protected boolean getKeeproot()
Returns:
the keeproot attribute.

getValidate

protected boolean getValidate()
Returns:
the validate attribute.

getCollapseAttributes

protected boolean getCollapseAttributes()
Returns:
the collapse attributes attribute.

getSemanticAttributes

protected boolean getSemanticAttributes()
Returns:
the semantic attributes attribute.

getRootDirectory

protected java.io.File getRootDirectory()
Returns:
the root directory attribute.

getIncludeSementicAttribute

protected boolean getIncludeSementicAttribute()
Returns:
the include semantic attribute.


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