## Package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Interface Summary
ExecuteStreamHandler: Used by `Execute` to handle input and output stream of subprocesses.
XSLTLiaison: Proxy interface for XSLT processors.
XSLTLogger
XSLTLoggerAware

Class Summary
AbstractCvsTask: original Cvs.java 1.20 NOTE: This implementation has been moved here from Cvs.java with the addition of some accessors for extensibility.
Ant: Build a sub-project.
Ant.Reference: Helper class that implements the nested <reference> element of <ant> and <antcall>.
AntStructure: Creates a partial DTD for Ant from the currently known tasks.
Available: Will set the given property if the requested resource is available at runtime.
Available.FileDir: EnumeratedAttribute covering the file types to be checked for, either file or dir.
Basename: Sets a property to the base name of a specified file, optionally minus a suffix.
BuildNumber: Read, increment, and write a build number in a file It will first attempt to read a build number from a file, then set the property "build.number" to the value that was read in (or 0 if no such value).
BUnzip2: Expands a file that has been compressed with the BZIP2 algorithm.
BZip2: Compresses a file with the BZIP2 algorithm.
CallTarget: Call another target in the same project.
Checksum: Used to create or verify file checksums.
Chmod: Chmod equivalent for unix-like environments.
Concat: This class contains the 'concat' task, used to concatenate a series of files into a single stream.
ConditionTask: Task to set a property conditionally using <uptodate>, <available>, and many other supported conditions.
Copy: Copies a file or directory to a new file or directory.
Copydir: Deprecated. The copydir task is deprecated since Ant 1.2.
Copyfile: Deprecated. The copyfile task is deprecated since Ant 1.2.
Cvs: Performs operations on a CVS repository.
CVSPass: Adds an new entry to a CVS password file.
Definer: Base class for Taskdef and Typedef - does all the classpath handling and and class loading.
Delete: Deletes a file or directory, or set of files defined by a fileset.
Deltree: Deprecated. The deltree task is deprecated since Ant 1.2.
DependSet: Examines and removes out of date target files.
Dirname: Determines the directory name of the specified file.
Ear: Creates a EAR archive.
Echo: Writes a message to the Ant logging facilities.
Echo.EchoLevel
Exec: Deprecated. delegate to `Execute` instead.
ExecTask: Executes a given command if the os platform is appropriate.
Execute: Runs an external program.
ExecuteJava
ExecuteOn: Executes a given command, supplying a set of files as arguments.
ExecuteOn.FileDirBoth: Enumerated attribute with the values "file", "dir" and "both" for the type attribute.
ExecuteWatchdog: Destroys a process running for too long.
Exit: Exits the active build, giving an additional message if available.
Expand: Unzip a file.
Filter: Sets a token filter that is used by the file copy tasks to do token substitution.
FixCRLF: Converts text source files to local OS formatting conventions, as well as repair text files damaged by misconfigured or misguided editors or file transfer programs.
FixCRLF.AddAsisRemove: Enumerated attribute with the values "asis", "add" and "remove".
FixCRLF.CrLf: Enumerated attribute with the values "asis", "cr", "lf" and "crlf".
GenerateKey: Generates a key in a keystore.
GenerateKey.DistinguishedName
GenerateKey.DnameParam
Get: Gets a particular file from a URL source.
GUnzip: Expands a file that has been compressed with the GZIP algorithm.
GZip: Compresses a file with the GZIP algorithm.
Input: Reads an input line from the console.
Jar: Creates a JAR archive.
Jar.FilesetManifestConfig
Java: Launcher for Java applications.
Javac: Compiles Java source files.
Javadoc: Generates Javadoc documentation for a collection of source code.
Javadoc.AccessType: EnumeratedAttribute implementation supporting the javadoc scoping values.
Javadoc.ExtensionInfo: A project aware class used for Javadoc extensions which take a name and a path such as doclet and taglet arguments.
Javadoc.Html: An HTML element in the javadoc.
Javadoc.PackageName: Used to track info about the packages to be javadoc'd
Javadoc.SourceFile: This class is used to manage the source files to be processed.
JDBCTask: Handles JDBC configuration needed by SQL type tasks.
Jikes: Deprecated. merged into the class Javac.
JikesOutputParser: Deprecated. use Jikes' exit value to detect compilation failure.
KeySubst: Deprecated. KeySubst is deprecated since Ant 1.1.
LoadFile: Load a file into a property
LoadProperties: Load a file's contents as Ant properties.
LogOutputStream: Logs each line written to this stream to the log system of ant.
LogStreamHandler: Logs standard output and error of a subprocess to the log system of ant.
Manifest: Holds the data of a jar manifest.
Manifest.Attribute: An attribute for the manifest.
Manifest.Section: A manifest section - you can nest attribute elements into sections.
ManifestTask: Creates a manifest file for inclusion in a JAR, Ant task wrapper around `Manifest`.
ManifestTask.Mode: Helper class for Manifest's mode attribute.
MatchingTask: This is an abstract task that should be used by all those tasks that require to include or exclude files based on pattern matching.
Mkdir: Creates a given directory.
Move: Moves a file or directory to a new file or directory.
Pack: Abstract Base class for pack tasks.
Parallel: Executes the contained tasks in separate threads, continuing once all are completed.
Patch: Patches a file by applying a 'diff' file to it; requires "patch" to be on the execution path.
PathConvert: Converts path and classpath information to a specific target OS format.
PathConvert.TargetOs: an enumeration of supported targets: windows", "unix", "netware", and "os/2".
Property: Sets a property by name, or set of properties (from file or resource) in the project.
PumpStreamHandler: Copies standard output and error of subprocesses to standard output and error of the parent process.
Recorder: Adds a listener to the current build process that records the output to a file.
Recorder.ActionChoices: A list of possible values for the `setAction()` method.
Recorder.VerbosityLevelChoices: A list of possible values for the `setLoglevel()` method.
RecorderEntry: This is a class that represents a recorder.
Rename: Deprecated. The rename task is deprecated since Ant 1.2.
Replace: Replaces all occurrences of one or more string tokens with given values in the indicated files.
Rmic: Runs the rmic compiler against classes.
SendEmail: A task to send SMTP email.
Sequential: Sequential is a container task - it can contain other Ant tasks.
SignJar: Signs jar or zip files with the javasign command line tool.
Sleep: Sleep, or pause, for a period of time.
SQLExec: Executes a series of SQL statements on a database using JDBC.
SQLExec.DelimiterType: delimiters we support, "normal" and "row"
SQLExec.OnError: The action a task should perform on an error, one of "continue", "stop" and "abort"
StreamPumper: Copies all data from an input stream to an output stream.
Tar: Creates a tar archive.
Tar.TarCompressionMethod: Valid Modes for Compression attribute to Tar Task
Tar.TarFileSet: This is a FileSet with the option to specify permissions
Tar.TarLongFileMode: Set of options for long file handling in the task.
Taskdef: Adds a task definition to the current project, such that this new task can be used in the current project.
TaskOutputStream: Deprecated. use LogOutputStream instead.
TempFile: This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file.
Touch: Touch a file and/or fileset(s); corresponds to the Unix touch command.
Transform: Has been merged into ExecuteOn, empty class for backwards compatibility.
Tstamp: Sets properties to the current time, or offsets from the current time.
Tstamp.Unit: set of valid units to use for time offsets.
Typedef: Adds a data type definition to the current project.
Unpack: Abstract Base class for unpack tasks.
Untar: Untar a file.
Untar.UntarCompressionMethod: Valid Modes for Compression attribute to Untar Task
UpToDate: Sets the given property if the specified target has a timestamp greater than all of the source files.
WaitFor: Wait for an external event to occur.
WaitFor.Unit: The enumeration of units: millisecond, second, minute, hour, day, week
War: An extension of <jar> to create a WAR archive.
XmlProperty: Loads property values from a valid XML file, generating the property names from the file's element and attribute names.
XSLTProcess: Processes a set of XML documents via XSLT.
XSLTProcess.OutputProperty: Specify how the result tree should be output as specified in the specification.
XSLTProcess.Param: The Param inner class used to store XSL parameters
Zip: Create a Zip file.
Zip.ArchiveState: Holds the up-to-date status and the out-of-date resources of the original archive.
Zip.Duplicate: Possible behaviors when a duplicate file is added: "add", "preserve" or "fail"
Zip.WhenEmpty: Possible behaviors when there are no matching files for the task: "fail", "skip", or "create".

Exception Summary
ManifestException: Exception thrown indicating problems in a JAR Manifest

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