Ant-contrib.unkrig.de
Abstract
This library contributes useful tasks and types to APACHE ANT. It integrates seamlessly with other libraries like ant-contrib (which is not to be confused with this one).
Tasks
<follow>
- Waits until a file grows.
<jsonProperty>
- Parses a JSON document into a set of properties, in analogy with the standard ANT
<xmlproperty>
task.
<nslookup>
- Resolves a host name or IP address.
<setAuthenticator>
- Configures the authentication for all following
java.net.URLConnection
s, including the<urlConnection>
task.
<setCookieHandler>
- Enables or disables cookie handling for Java's
java.net.HttpURLConnection
, including the<urlConnection>
task.
<swingDialog>
- Pops up a highly configurable dialog and invites the user to fill in form fields.
<urlConnection>
- Connects to a resource and writes data to it and/or reads data from it.
Resource Collections
A resource collection represents a group of resources. A resource is an entity that has a name and a value. An often-used example of a resource collection is the <fileSet>
type, where each resource is a file with its name and its contents.
<resourceCollectionDelta>
- Selects the subset of resources that was added, deleted or modified since the last check.
Filter Readers
filter readers are an ANT concept that mimics the functionality of UNIX' pipes: A stream of bytes is read through a chain of filter readers, where each filter reader modifies the byte stream and/or performs some additional actions.
<progress>
- Prints dots (".") to STDERR as data is read through it. This implements a kind of 'progress monitoring' for slow tasks that read some data.
Download and installation
The JAR file can be downloaded from http://ant-contrib.unkrig.de/download/.
To make the contributions available in your ANT scripts, write
<taskdef resource="de/unkrig/antcontrib/ant.xml" classpath="path/to/de.unkrig.ant-contrib.jar" />
, or, if you put the JAR file on ANT's default classpath, just
<taskdef resource="de/unkrig/antcontrib/ant.xml" />
Source code
The source code is available in the SUBVERSION repository. The repository URL is
https://svn.code.sf.net/p/loggifier/code
License
ANT-CONTRIB is published under the "New BSD License".