org.apache.tools.ant.types
Class Description

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
      org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType
          org.apache.tools.ant.types.Description

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class Description
extends DataType

Description is used to provide a project-wide description element (that is, a description that applies to a buildfile as a whole). If present, the <description> element is printed out before the target descriptions. Description has no attributes, only text. There can only be one project description per project. A second description element will overwrite the first.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType

checked, ref

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

description, location, project

Constructor Summary

Description()

Method Summary

void	addText(java.lang.String text) Adds descriptive text to the project.
static java.lang.String	getDescription(Project project) Return the descriptions from all the targets of a project.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType

checkAttributesAllowed, checkChildrenAllowed, circularReference, clone, dieOnCircularReference, dieOnCircularReference, dieOnCircularReference, getCheckedRef, getCheckedRef, getCheckedRef, getCheckedRef, getDataTypeName, getRefid, invokeCircularReferenceCheck, isChecked, isReference, noChildrenAllowed, setChecked, setRefid, tooManyAttributes, toString

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Description

public Description()

Method Detail

addText

public void addText(java.lang.String text)

Adds descriptive text to the project.

Parameters:

text - the descriptive text

getDescription

public static java.lang.String getDescription(Project project)

Return the descriptions from all the targets of a project.

Parameters:

project - the project to get the descriptions for.

Returns:

a string containing the concatenated descriptions of the targets.