Jan,

Thanks for the help.

Following your suggestion, this is what I have:

public class MyTask extends Task {
  private String a;
  private String b;
  private List<String> things = new ArrayList<String>();

  public void execute() {
    for (String t : things)
       System.out.println (t)  
  }
  public void addThings(Things thing) {
    for (Thing t : things.getThings())        
       this.things.add(f.getName());
  }
  public class Things extends DataType {
    private List<Thing> things = new ArrayList<Thing>();

    public List<Thing> getThings() {        
        return things;
    }    
    public void addThing (Thing f) {        
       things.add(f);    
    }  
  }  
  public class Thing extends DataType {
    private String name;    
    public void addText(String name) {
       Project p = getProject();        
       this.name = p.replaceProperties(name);
    }    

    public String getName() {
       return name;    
    }
  }

}

When I used the task, it gives me:

MyTask doesn't support the nested "thing" element.

Not sure why.

Thanks.

David




Jan.Materne wrote:
>
> You have several things:
> - add <things> to <mytask>
>  class MyTask extends Task { addThings(Things t)
> - add <thing> to <things>
>  class Things extends DataType { addThing(Thing t)
> - add text to <thing>
>  class Thing extends DataType { addText(String t)
>
>
> For documentation:
> * Tutorial about writing tasks
>  http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorials.html
>  addText:
> http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-writing-tasks.html#NestedText
> * Source code of Ant
>
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/
>
>
> Jan
>  
>
>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>Von: scabbage [mailto:guanshan@(protected)]
>>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Februar 2010 22:41
>>An: user@(protected)
>>Betreff: Question about simple nested text elements
>>
>>
>>I'm trying to create my own customized task in Ant 1.7.1. I
>>would like to use
>>my task this way:
>>
>><mytask a="blah" b="foo">
>>  <things>
>>    <thing>xxx</thing>
>>    <thing>yyy</thing>
>>    <thing>zzz</thing>
>>  </things>
>></mytask>
>>
>>My class looks like:
>>
>>public class MyTask extends Task {
>>  private String a;
>>  private String b;
>>  private List<String> things = new ArrayList<String>();
>>
>>  // setting and gettings for a and b ...
>>
>>  public void execute() {
>>    // loop through things
>>  }
>>
>>}
>>
>>Now can anyone tell me how I should right the setter for
>>"things"? The Ant
>>doc is very vague about simple nested text elements.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>David
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