Ant Types
Identifier:
org.eclipse.ant.core.antTypes
Description:
Allows plug-ins to define arbitrary Ant datatypes for
use by the Ant infrastructure. The standard Ant
infrastructure allows for the addition of arbitrary
datatypes. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the
Ant Core plug-in would have the classes required
by these datatypes on its classpath (or that of any
of its prerequisites). To address this, clients
should define an extension which plugs into this
extension-point and maps a datatype name onto a class.
The Ant plug-in can then request that the declaring
plug-in load the specified class.
Configuration Markup:
<!ELEMENT extension (
antType*)>
<!ATTLIST extension
point CDATA #REQUIRED
id CDATA #IMPLIED
name CDATA #IMPLIED
>
-
point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
-
id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
-
name - an optional name of the extension instance
<!ELEMENT antType EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST antType
name CDATA #REQUIRED
uri CDATA #IMPLIED
class CDATA #REQUIRED
library CDATA #REQUIRED
headless (true | false)
eclipseRuntime (true | false)
>
-
name - name of the type to be defined
-
uri - The uri that this definition should live in. Only used if using Ant newer than 1.6.
-
class - the fully qualified name of a Java class implementing
the datatype. Generally this class must be a subclass of
org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType.
-
library - a path relative to the plug-in install location for the library containing the type.
-
headless - indicates whether this type is suitable for use in a "headless" Ant environment. If running headless and the attribute is
false, the type will not be loaded or defined. As well, the plugin class loader will not be added as a parent classloader to the Ant classloader. The implied value is true, when not specified.
-
eclipseRuntime - indicates whether this type requires an Eclipse runtime (i.e. must be run in the same VM as Eclipse). The implied value is
true, when not specified.
Examples:
The following is an example of an Ant types extension point:
<extension point=
"org.eclipse.ant.core.antTypes"
>
<antType name=
"coolType"
class=
"com.example.CoolType"
library=
"lib/antSupport.jar"
/>
</extension>
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