org.apache.tools.ant
Class PropertyHelper

java.lang.Object
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public class PropertyHelper

extends java.lang.Object

NOT FINAL. API MAY CHANGE Deals with properties - substitution, dynamic properties, etc. This is the same code as in Ant1.5. The main addition is the ability to chain multiple PropertyHelpers and to replace the default.

Since:

Ant 1.6

Constructor Summary

protected

PropertyHelper() Default constructor.

Method Summary

void	copyInheritedProperties(Project other) Copies all user properties that have not been set on the command line or a GUI tool from this instance to the Project instance given as the argument.
void	copyUserProperties(Project other) Copies all user properties that have been set on the command line or a GUI tool from this instance to the Project instance given as the argument.
PropertyHelper	getNext() Get the next property helper in the chain.
java.util.Hashtable	getProperties() Returns a copy of the properties table.
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name) Returns the value of a property, if it is set.
static PropertyHelper	getPropertyHelper(Project project) Factory method to create a property processor.
java.lang.Object	getPropertyHook(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name, boolean user) Get a property.
java.util.Hashtable	getUserProperties() Returns a copy of the user property hashtable
java.lang.Object	getUserProperty(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name) Returns the value of a user property, if it is set.
void	parsePropertyString(java.lang.String value, java.util.Vector fragments, java.util.Vector propertyRefs) Parses a string containing ${xxx} style property references into two lists.
java.lang.String	replaceProperties(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String value, java.util.Hashtable keys) Replaces ${xxx} style constructions in the given value with the string value of the corresponding data types.
void	setInheritedProperty(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Sets a user property, which cannot be overwritten by set/unset property calls.
void	setNewProperty(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Sets a property if no value currently exists.
void	setNext(PropertyHelper next) There are 2 ways to hook into property handling: - you can replace the main PropertyHelper.
void	setProject(Project p) Set the project for which this helper is performing property resolution
boolean	setProperty(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value, boolean verbose) Default implementation of setProperty.
boolean	setPropertyHook(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value, boolean inherited, boolean user, boolean isNew) Sets a property.
void	setUserProperty(java.lang.String ns, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Sets a user property, which cannot be overwritten by set/unset property calls.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyHelper

protected PropertyHelper()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

setProject

public void setProject(Project p)

Set the project for which this helper is performing property resolution

Parameters:

p - the project instance.

setNext

public void setNext(PropertyHelper next)

There are 2 ways to hook into property handling: - you can replace the main PropertyHelper. The replacement is required to support the same semantics (of course :-) - you can chain a property helper capable of storing some properties. Again, you are required to respect the immutability semantics (at least for non-dynamic properties)

Parameters:

next - the next property helper in the chain.

getNext

public PropertyHelper getNext()

Get the next property helper in the chain.

Returns:

the next property helper.

getPropertyHelper

public static PropertyHelper getPropertyHelper(Project project)

Factory method to create a property processor. Users can provide their own or replace it using "ant.PropertyHelper" reference. User tasks can also add themselves to the chain, and provide dynamic properties.

Parameters:

project - the project fro which the property helper is required.

Returns:

the project's property helper.

setPropertyHook

public boolean setPropertyHook(java.lang.String ns,
                               java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.Object value,
                               boolean inherited,
                               boolean user,
                               boolean isNew)

Sets a property. Any existing property of the same name is overwritten, unless it is a user property. Will be called from setProperty(). If all helpers return false, the property will be saved in the default properties table by setProperty.

Parameters:

name - The name of property to set. Must not be null.

value - The new value of the property. Must not be null.

Returns:

true if this helper has stored the property, false if it couldn't. Each helper should delegate to the next one (unless it has a good reason not to).

getPropertyHook

public java.lang.Object getPropertyHook(java.lang.String ns,
                                        java.lang.String name,
                                        boolean user)

Get a property. If all hooks return null, the default tables will be used.

Parameters:

ns - namespace of the sought property

name - name of the sought property

Returns:

The property, if returned by a hook, or null if none.

parsePropertyString

public void parsePropertyString(java.lang.String value,
                                java.util.Vector fragments,
                                java.util.Vector propertyRefs)
                         throws BuildException

Parses a string containing ${xxx} style property references into two lists. The first list is a collection of text fragments, while the other is a set of string property names. null entries in the first list indicate a property reference from the second list. It can be overridden with a more efficient or customized version.

Parameters:

value - Text to parse. Must not be null.

fragments - List to add text fragments to. Must not be null.

propertyRefs - List to add property names to. Must not be null.

Throws:

BuildException - if the string contains an opening ${ without a closing }

replaceProperties

public java.lang.String replaceProperties(java.lang.String ns,
                                          java.lang.String value,
                                          java.util.Hashtable keys)
                                   throws BuildException

Replaces ${xxx} style constructions in the given value with the string value of the corresponding data types.

Parameters:

value - The string to be scanned for property references. May be null, in which case this method returns immediately with no effect.

keys - Mapping (String to String) of property names to their values. If null, only project properties will be used.

Returns:

the original string with the properties replaced, or null if the original string is null.

Throws:

BuildException - if the string contains an opening ${ without a closing }

setProperty

public boolean setProperty(java.lang.String ns,
                           java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.Object value,
                           boolean verbose)

Default implementation of setProperty. Will be called from Project. This is the original 1.5 implementation, with calls to the hook added.

setNewProperty

public void setNewProperty(java.lang.String ns,
                           java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.Object value)

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

Parameters:

name - The name of property to set. Must not be null.

value - The new value of the property. Must not be null.

Since:

Ant 1.6

setUserProperty

public void setUserProperty(java.lang.String ns,
                            java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.Object value)

Sets a user property, which cannot be overwritten by set/unset property calls. Any previous value is overwritten.

Parameters:

name - The name of property to set. Must not be null.

value - The new value of the property. Must not be null.

setInheritedProperty

public void setInheritedProperty(java.lang.String ns,
                                 java.lang.String name,
                                 java.lang.Object value)

Sets a user property, which cannot be overwritten by set/unset property calls. Any previous value is overwritten. Also marks these properties as properties that have not come from the command line.

Parameters:

name - The name of property to set. Must not be null.

value - The new value of the property. Must not be null.

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String ns,
                                    java.lang.String name)

Returns the value of a property, if it is set. You can override this method in order to plug your own storage.

Parameters:

name - The name of the property. May be null, in which case the return value is also null.

Returns:

the property value, or null for no match or if a null name is provided.

getUserProperty

public java.lang.Object getUserProperty(java.lang.String ns,
                                        java.lang.String name)

Returns the value of a user property, if it is set.

Parameters:

name - The name of the property. May be null, in which case the return value is also null.

Returns:

the property value, or null for no match or if a null name is provided.

getProperties

public java.util.Hashtable getProperties()

Returns a copy of the properties table.

Returns:

a hashtable containing all properties (including user properties).

getUserProperties

public java.util.Hashtable getUserProperties()

Returns a copy of the user property hashtable

Returns:

a hashtable containing just the user properties

copyInheritedProperties

public void copyInheritedProperties(Project other)

Copies all user properties that have not been set on the command line or a GUI tool from this instance to the Project instance given as the argument.

To copy all "user" properties, you will also have to call copyUserProperties.

Parameters:

other - the project to copy the properties to. Must not be null.

Since:

Ant 1.6

copyUserProperties

public void copyUserProperties(Project other)

Copies all user properties that have been set on the command line or a GUI tool from this instance to the Project instance given as the argument.

To copy all "user" properties, you will also have to call copyInheritedProperties.

Parameters:

other - the project to copy the properties to. Must not be null.

Since:

Ant 1.6