net.sf.antcontrib.logic
Class IfTask

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
      org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.ConditionBase
          net.sf.antcontrib.logic.IfTask

public class IfTask
extends org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.ConditionBase

Perform some tasks based on whether a given condition holds true or not.

This task is heavily based on the Condition framework that can be found in Ant 1.4 and later, therefore it cannot be used in conjunction with versions of Ant prior to 1.4.

This task doesn't have any attributes, the condition to test is specified by a nested element - see the documentation of your <condition> task (see the online documentation for example) for a complete list of nested elements.

Just like the <condition> task, only a single condition can be specified - you combine them using <and> or <or> conditions.

In addition to the condition, you can specify three different child elements, <elseif>, <then> and <else>. All three subelements are optional. Both <then> and <else> must not be used more than once inside the if task. Both are containers for Ant tasks, just like Ant's <parallel> and <sequential> tasks - in fact they are implemented using the same class as Ant's <sequential> task.

The <elseif> behaves exactly like an <if> except that it cannot contain the <else> element inside of it. You may specify as may of these as you like, and the order they are specified is the order they are evaluated in. If the condition on the <if> is false, then the first <elseif> who's conditional evaluates to true will be executed. The <else> will be executed only if the <if> and all <elseif> conditions are false.

Use the following task to define the <if> task before you use it the first time:

   <taskdef name="if" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.logic.IfTask" />
 

Crude Example

 <if>
  <equals arg1="${foo}" arg2="bar" />
  <then>
    <echo message="The value of property foo is bar" />
  </then>
  <else>
    <echo message="The value of property foo is not bar" />
  </else>
 </if>
 

 
 <if>
  <equals arg1="${foo}" arg2="bar" />
  <then>
   <echo message="The value of property foo is 'bar'" />
  </then>

  <elseif>
   <equals arg1="${foo}" arg2="foo" />
   <then>
    <echo message="The value of property foo is 'foo'" />
   </then>
  </elseif>

  <else>
   <echo message="The value of property foo is not 'foo' or 'bar'" />
  </else>
 </if>
 

Author:

Stefan Bodewig

Nested Class Summary

static class

IfTask.ElseIf

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

project

Constructor Summary

IfTask()

Method Summary

void	addElse(org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential e) A nested <else> element - a container of tasks that will be run if the condition doesn't hold true.
void	addElseIf(IfTask.ElseIf ei) A nested Else if task
void	addThen(org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential t) A nested <then> element - a container of tasks that will be run if the condition holds true.
void	execute()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.ConditionBase

add, addAnd, addAvailable, addChecksum, addContains, addEquals, addFilesMatch, addHttp, addIsFalse, addIsReference, addIsSet, addIsTrue, addNot, addOr, addOs, addSocket, addUptodate, countConditions, getConditions

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

getProject, log, log, setProject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IfTask

public IfTask()

Method Detail

addElseIf

public void addElseIf(IfTask.ElseIf ei)

A nested Else if task

addThen

public void addThen(org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential t)

A nested <then> element - a container of tasks that will be run if the condition holds true.

Not required.

addElse

public void addElse(org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Sequential e)

A nested <else> element - a container of tasks that will be run if the condition doesn't hold true.

Not required.

execute

public void execute()
             throws org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException

Throws:

org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException