org.apache.tools.ant.input
Class DefaultInputHandler

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.tools.ant.input.DefaultInputHandler
All Implemented Interfaces:
InputHandler
Direct Known Subclasses:
GreedyInputHandler

public class DefaultInputHandler
extends java.lang.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  java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
          Returns the input stream from which the user input should be read.
protected  java.lang.String getPrompt(InputRequest request)
          Constructs user prompt from a request.
 void handleInput(InputRequest request)
          Prompts and requests input.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

DefaultInputHandler

public DefaultInputHandler()
Empty no-arg constructor

Method Detail

handleInput

public void handleInput(InputRequest request)
                 throws BuildException
Prompts and requests input. May loop until a valid input has been entered.

Specified by:
handleInput in interface InputHandler
Parameters:
request - the request to handle
Throws:
BuildException - if not possible to read from console

getPrompt

protected java.lang.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

getInputStream

protected java.io.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.