org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Echo

java.lang.Object
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              +--org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Echo

public class Echo

extends Task

Writes a message to the Ant logging facilities.

Since:

Ant 1.1

Nested Class Summary

static class

Echo.EchoLevel The enumerated values for the level attribute.

Field Summary

protected boolean	append
protected java.io.File	file
protected int	logLevel
protected java.lang.String	message

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

Echo()

Method Summary

void	addText(java.lang.String msg) Set a multiline message.
void	execute() Does the work.
void	setAppend(boolean append) If true, append to existing file.
void	setFile(java.io.File file) File to write to.
void	setLevel(Echo.EchoLevel echoLevel) Set the logging level.
void	setMessage(java.lang.String msg) Message to write.

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

getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, 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

Field Detail

message

protected java.lang.String message

file

protected java.io.File file

append

protected boolean append

logLevel

protected int logLevel

Constructor Detail

Echo

public Echo()

Method Detail

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Does the work.

Overrides:

execute in class Task

Throws:

BuildException - if something goes wrong with the build

setMessage

public void setMessage(java.lang.String msg)

Message to write.

Parameters:

msg - Sets the value for the message variable.

setFile

public void setFile(java.io.File file)

File to write to.

Parameters:

file - the file to write to, if not set, echo to standard output

setAppend

public void setAppend(boolean append)

If true, append to existing file.

Parameters:

append - if true, append to existing file, default is false.

addText

public void addText(java.lang.String msg)

Set a multiline message.

Parameters:

msg - the CDATA text to append to the output text

setLevel

public void setLevel(Echo.EchoLevel echoLevel)

Set the logging level. Level should be one of

• error
• warning
• info
• verbose
• debug

The default is "warning" to ensure that messages are displayed by default when using the -quiet command line option.

Parameters:

echoLevel - the logging level