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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import java.net.URL;

import org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader;
import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Reference;

Find a class or resource on the supplied classpath, or the system classpath if none is supplied. The named property is set if the item can be found. For example
<whichresource resource="/log4j.properties"
  property="log4j.url" >
Since:Ant 1.6
@ant.attribute.groupname="oneof" description="Exactly one of these two"
/** * Find a class or resource on the supplied classpath, or the * system classpath if none is supplied. The named property is set if * the item can be found. For example * <pre> * &lt;whichresource resource="/log4j.properties" * property="log4j.url" &gt; * </pre> * @since Ant 1.6 * @ant.attribute.group name="oneof" description="Exactly one of these two" */
public class WhichResource extends Task {
our classpath
/** * our classpath */
private Path classpath;
class to look for
/** * class to look for */
private String classname;
resource to look for
/** * resource to look for */
private String resource;
property to set
/** * property to set */
private String property;
Set the classpath to be used for this compilation.
Params:
  • cp – the classpath to be used.
/** * Set the classpath to be used for this compilation. * @param cp the classpath to be used. */
public void setClasspath(Path cp) { if (classpath == null) { classpath = cp; } else { classpath.append(cp); } }
Adds a path to the classpath.
Returns:a classpath to be configured.
/** * Adds a path to the classpath. * @return a classpath to be configured. */
public Path createClasspath() { if (classpath == null) { classpath = new Path(getProject()); } return classpath.createPath(); }
Set the classpath to use by reference.
Params:
  • r – a reference to an existing classpath.
Since:Ant 1.7.1
/** * Set the classpath to use by reference. * * @param r a reference to an existing classpath. * @since Ant 1.7.1 */
public void setClasspathRef(Reference r) { createClasspath().setRefid(r); }
validate
/** * validate */
private void validate() { int setcount = 0; if (classname != null) { setcount++; } if (resource != null) { setcount++; } if (setcount == 0) { throw new BuildException("One of classname or resource must be specified"); } if (setcount > 1) { throw new BuildException("Only one of classname or resource can be specified"); } if (property == null) { throw new BuildException("No property defined"); } }
execute it
Throws:
  • BuildException – on error
/** * execute it * @throws BuildException on error */
@Override public void execute() throws BuildException { validate(); if (classpath != null) { classpath = classpath.concatSystemClasspath("ignore"); getProject().log("using user supplied classpath: " + classpath, Project.MSG_DEBUG); } else { classpath = new Path(getProject()); classpath = classpath.concatSystemClasspath("only"); getProject().log("using system classpath: " + classpath, Project.MSG_DEBUG); } try (AntClassLoader loader = AntClassLoader.newAntClassLoader(getProject().getCoreLoader(), getProject(), classpath, false)) { String loc = null; if (classname != null) { //convert a class name into a resource resource = classname.replace('.', '/') + ".class"; } if (resource == null) { throw new BuildException("One of class or resource is required"); } if (resource.startsWith("/")) { resource = resource.substring(1); } log("Searching for " + resource, Project.MSG_VERBOSE); URL url = loader.getResource(resource); if (url != null) { //set the property loc = url.toExternalForm(); getProject().setNewProperty(property, loc); } } }
name the resource to look for
Params:
  • resource – the name of the resource to look for.
@ant.attributegroup="oneof"
/** * name the resource to look for * @param resource the name of the resource to look for. * @ant.attribute group="oneof" */
public void setResource(String resource) { this.resource = resource; }
name the class to look for
Params:
  • classname – the name of the class to look for.
@ant.attributegroup="oneof"
/** * name the class to look for * @param classname the name of the class to look for. * @ant.attribute group="oneof" */
public void setClass(String classname) { this.classname = classname; }
the property to fill with the URL of the resource or class
Params:
  • property – the property to be set.
@ant.attributegroup="required"
/** * the property to fill with the URL of the resource or class * @param property the property to be set. * @ant.attribute group="required" */
public void setProperty(String property) { this.property = property; } }