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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.LogLevel;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.FileProvider;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.FileResource;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.LogOutputResource;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.StringResource;
import org.apache.tools.ant.util.ResourceUtils;

Writes a message to the Ant logging facilities.
Since:Ant 1.1
@ant.taskcategory="utility"
/** * Writes a message to the Ant logging facilities. * * @since Ant 1.1 * * @ant.task category="utility" */
public class Echo extends Task { // CheckStyle:VisibilityModifier OFF - bc protected String message = ""; protected File file = null; protected boolean append = false;
encoding; set to null or empty means 'default'
/** encoding; set to null or empty means 'default' */
private String encoding = ""; private boolean force = false; // by default, messages are always displayed protected int logLevel = Project.MSG_WARN; // CheckStyle:VisibilityModifier ON private Resource output;
Does the work.
Throws:
  • BuildException – if something goes wrong with the build
/** * Does the work. * * @exception BuildException if something goes wrong with the build */
public void execute() throws BuildException { try { ResourceUtils.copyResource( new StringResource(message.isEmpty() ? System.lineSeparator() : message), output == null ? new LogOutputResource(this, logLevel) : output, null, null, false, false, append, null, encoding.isEmpty() ? null : encoding, getProject(), force); } catch (IOException ioe) { throw new BuildException(ioe, getLocation()); } }
Message to write.
Params:
  • msg – Sets the value for the message variable.
/** * Message to write. * * @param msg Sets the value for the message variable. */
public void setMessage(String msg) { this.message = msg == null ? "" : msg; }
File to write to.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, if not set, echo to standard output
/** * File to write to. * @param file the file to write to, if not set, echo to * standard output */
public void setFile(File file) { setOutput(new FileResource(getProject(), file)); }
Resource to write to.
Params:
  • output – the Resource to write to.
Since:Ant 1.8
/** * Resource to write to. * @param output the Resource to write to. * @since Ant 1.8 */
public void setOutput(Resource output) { if (this.output != null) { throw new BuildException("Cannot set > 1 output target"); } this.output = output; FileProvider fp = output.as(FileProvider.class); this.file = fp != null ? fp.getFile() : null; }
If true, append to existing file.
Params:
  • append – if true, append to existing file, default is false.
/** * If true, append to existing file. * @param append if true, append to existing file, default * is false. */
public void setAppend(boolean append) { this.append = append; }
Set a multiline message.
Params:
  • msg – the CDATA text to append to the output text
/** * Set a multiline message. * @param msg the CDATA text to append to the output text */
public void addText(String msg) { message += getProject().replaceProperties(msg); }
Set the logging level. Level should be one of
  • error
  • warning
  • info
  • verbose
  • debug

The default is "warning" to ensure that messages are displayed by default when using the -quiet command line option.

Params:
  • echoLevel – the logging level
/** * Set the logging level. Level should be one of * <ul> * <li>error</li> * <li>warning</li> * <li>info</li> * <li>verbose</li> * <li>debug</li> * </ul> * <p>The default is &quot;warning&quot; to ensure that messages are * displayed by default when using the -quiet command line option.</p> * @param echoLevel the logging level */
public void setLevel(EchoLevel echoLevel) { logLevel = echoLevel.getLevel(); }
Declare the encoding to use when outputting to a file; Use "" for the platform's default encoding.
Params:
  • encoding – the character encoding to use.
Since:1.7
/** * Declare the encoding to use when outputting to a file; * Use "" for the platform's default encoding. * @param encoding the character encoding to use. * @since 1.7 */
public void setEncoding(String encoding) { this.encoding = encoding; }
Whether read-only destinations will be overwritten.

Defaults to false

Params:
  • f – boolean
Since:Ant 1.8.2
/** * Whether read-only destinations will be overwritten. * * <p>Defaults to false</p> * * @param f boolean * @since Ant 1.8.2 */
public void setForce(boolean f) { force = f; }
The enumerated values for the level attribute.
/** * The enumerated values for the level attribute. */
public static class EchoLevel extends LogLevel { } }