Executes a target we have set up @pre configureProject has been called @param targetName target to run

@return Returns the {@link Project} in whose context the test is being executed. The {@code Project} is sometimes not available, like in the case wher

Gets the project @return the project instance.

Append the contents of the other Path instance to this. @param other a <code>Path</code> to be added to the path

Returns the value of a property if it is set. @param name name of the property. @return the property value, or null for no match or for name being nul

add an arbitrary selector @param selector the selector to add @since Ant 1.6

@return Returns the name of the test

Pseudo-assert method.

Create an argument object. <p>Each commandline object has at most one instance of the argument class. This method calls <code>this.createArgument(fa

Log a message. @param msg the message to log

Learn whether this {@link ResourceCollection} is empty. @return boolean

Method for the loglistener to implement to receive log messages. @param message the message to log

Get the build file location associated with this element's task. @return the task's location instance.

Set the value of the parameter. @param value the parameter value

Saves a key-value-pair in the cache. @param key the key @param value the value

Has the refid attribute of this element been set? @return true if the refid attribute has been set

Get the value for a file. @param file File object for which the value should be evaluated. @return The value for that file

Learn the number of contained Resources. @return number of elements as int.

Returns a value for a given key from the cache. @param key the key @return the stored value

The equality method. This checks if the directory field is the same. @param obj the object to compare to @return true if this object has an equal dire

Sets up to run the named project @param filename name of project file to run

Get the FileUtils for this task. @return the fileutils object.

Does replacement on text using the hashtable of keys. @param origString an input string @param keys mapping of keys to values @return the string

Return a {@link Stream} over this {@link ResourceCollection}. @return {@link Stream} of {@link Resource} @since Ant 1.10.2

Sets the project @param p the project instance.

Format a date/time into a specific pattern. @param date the date to format expressed in milliseconds. @param pattern the pattern to use to format the

Override methods that use <code>.equals()</code> comparisons on elements. @param o the Object to search for. @param pos the position from which to s

@see java.lang.Object#equals @param rhs the object to check for equality. @return true if the version, main and sections are the same.

Determines if the OS on which Ant is executing matches the given OS family. @param family the family to check for @return true if the OS matches @sinc

Checks that a string buffer ends up with a given string. It may sound trivial with the existing JDK API but the various implementation among JDKs can

Return the base directory of the project as a file object. @return the project base directory, or <code>null</code> if the base directory has

Deletes the cache. If file based the file has to be deleted also.

Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this method. @return an instance of FileUtils. @since Ant 1.6.3

Equality operation. @param other the object to compare to. @return true if the other object contains the same information as this object.

A specialised trim() that trims whitespace, '(', ')', '"', '<', '>' from the start and end of strings

Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null. @param device output writer

Get value as four bytes in big endian byte order. @since 1.1 @return value as four bytes in big endian order

Set the flag that is used to indicate that circular references have been checked. @param checked if true, if circular references have been checked

Gets path from a <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s. @param pathStack <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s to be concatenated as a path.

Append one enumeration to another. Elements are evaluated lazily. @param e1 the first enumeration. @param e2 the subsequent enumeration. @param <E> el

@return Returns the {@link ClassLoader} that has to be used for launching and execution of the tests

Creates an exception that indicates that this XML element must not have child elements if the refid attribute is set. @return the exception to throw

Handle getMessage() for exceptions. @param ex the exception to handle @return ex.getMessage() if ex.getMessage() is not null otherwise return

Override methods that use <code>.equals()</code> comparisons on elements. @param o the Object to search for. @param pos the position from which to s

Creates an exception that indicates that refid has to be the only attribute if it is set. @return the exception to throw

Converts a string to a {@code ResolutionWarningReason} instance. @param s string to convert @return {@code ResolutionWarningReason} instance corresp

Returns all path elements defined by this and nested path objects. @return list of path elements.

Adds a nested element definition. @param nestedElement the nested element definition.

Makes this instance in effect a reference to another Path instance. <p>You must not set another attribute or nest elements inside this element if you

set the value to be tested; let ant eval it to true/false @param value the value to test

Create an instance of a class using the constructor matching the given arguments. @param <T> desired type @param ofClass Class&lt;T&gt; @param argType

Get the path components of this directory. @return the path components as an array of strings.

Reads a line of text ending with '\n' (or until the end of the stream). The returned String retains the '\n'. @return the line read, or <code>null</c

Learn whether the last token equals the given string. @param s {@link String} @return {@code boolean}

ByteArrayOutputStream#toString doesn't seem to work reliably on OS/390, at least not the way we use it in the execution context. @param bos the outpu

Add a reference to the project. @param referenceName The name of the reference. Must not be <code>null</code>. @param value The value of the referenc

This was originally an emulation of {@link File#getParentFile} for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards). @param f

Set the parameter value. Note that only string values are supported. No resolution of file paths is performed. @param value the parameter value.

Return the basedir to which the name is relative. @return the basedir as File.

Correct a file path to correspond to the remote host requirements. This implementation currently assumes that the remote end can handle Unix-style pat

Does the given argument match the pattern? @param argument the string to match against @return true if the pattern matches @throws BuildException on e

Return the boolean equivalent of a string, which is considered <code>true</code> if either <code>"on"</code>, <code>"true"</code>, or <code>"yes"</cod

Sets the base directory to be scanned. This is the directory which is scanned recursively. All '/' and '\' characters should be replaced by <code>File

Returns the next path element from this tokenizer. @return the next path element from this tokenizer. @exception NoSuchElementException if there are

&quot;Normalize&quot; the given absolute path. <p>This includes: <ul> <li>Uppercase the drive letter if there is one.</li> <li>Remove redundant s

Set a property if no value currently exists. If the property exists already, a message is logged and the method returns with no other effect. @param

Path of files to concatenate. @return the path used for concatenating @since Ant 1.6

filter and/of modify a string @param string the string to filter @return the modified string or null if the string did not pass the filter

Returns an iterator over the keys in the cache. @return An iterator over the keys.

Opens a new OutputStream for the given Path. @param path the path of the file @param append whether to append to or a replace an existing file @return

Sets the list of include patterns to use. @param includes A list of include patterns. May be <code>null</code>, indicating that all f

Implement basic Resource equality. @param other the object to check against. @return true if the specified Object is equal to this Resource. @since An

Scans the base directory for files which match at least one include pattern and don't match any exclude patterns. @exception IllegalStateException if

Returns a view of this resource that implements the interface given as the argument or null if there is no such view. <p>This allows extension interf

Start handling of the streams. @throws IOException on error

Return the value of a property, if it is set. @param propertyName The name of the property. May be <code>null</code>, in which case

Look up a reference by its key (ID). @param <T> desired type @param key The key for the desired reference. Must not be <code>null</code>.

Set the executable to run. All file separators in the string are converted to the platform specific value. @param executable the String executable nam

Get the file represented by this Resource. @return the file.

Compares the current Java version to the passed in String - assumes the argument is one of the constants defined in this class. Note that Ant now requ