org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class BuildNumber

Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable

public class BuildNumber
extends Task

Read, increment, and write a build number in a file It will first attempt to read a build number from a file, then set the property "build.number" to the value that was read in (or 0 if no such value). Then it will increment the build number by one and write it back out into the file.
Since:
Ant 1.5

Field Summary

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

target, taskName, taskType, wrapper

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

description, location, project

Method Summary

void
execute()
Run task.
void
setFile(File file)
The file in which the build number is stored.

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

bindToOwner, execute, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType

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

clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject

Method Details

execute

public void execute()
            throws BuildException
Run task.
Overrides:
execute in interface Task
Throws:
BuildException - if an error occurs

setFile

public void setFile(File file)
The file in which the build number is stored. Defaults to "build.number" if not specified.
Parameters:
file - the file in which build number is stored.