org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Patch

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.tools.ant.Task
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        +--org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Patch

public class Patch
extends Task

Task as a layer on top of patch. Patch applies a diff file to an original.

Author:
Stefan Bodewig

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
description, location, project, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper
 
Constructor Summary
Patch()
           
 
Method Summary
 void execute()
          Called by the project to let the task do it's work.
 void setBackups(boolean backups)
          Shall patch write backups.
 void setIgnorewhitespace(boolean ignore)
          Ignore whitespace differences.
 void setOriginalfile(java.io.File file)
          The file to patch.
 void setPatchfile(java.io.File file)
          The file containing the diff output.
 void setQuiet(boolean q)
          Work silently unless an error occurs.
 void setReverse(boolean r)
          Assume patch was created with old and new files swapped.
 void setStrip(int num)
          Strip the smallest prefix containing num leading slashes from filenames.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getProject, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, init, log, log, maybeConfigure, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Patch

public Patch()
Method Detail

setOriginalfile

public void setOriginalfile(java.io.File file)
The file to patch.

setPatchfile

public void setPatchfile(java.io.File file)
The file containing the diff output.

setBackups

public void setBackups(boolean backups)
Shall patch write backups.

setIgnorewhitespace

public void setIgnorewhitespace(boolean ignore)
Ignore whitespace differences.

setStrip

public void setStrip(int num)
              throws BuildException
Strip the smallest prefix containing num leading slashes from filenames.

patch's -p option.


setQuiet

public void setQuiet(boolean q)
Work silently unless an error occurs.

setReverse

public void setReverse(boolean r)
Assume patch was created with old and new files swapped.

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException
Description copied from class: Task
Called by the project to let the task do it's work. This method may be called more than once, if the task is invoked more than once. For example, if target1 and target2 both depend on target3, then running "ant target1 target2" will run all tasks in target3 twice.
Overrides:
execute in class Task
Following copied from class: org.apache.tools.ant.Task
Throws:
BuildException - if someting goes wrong with the build


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