com.sun.istack.tools
Class ProtectedTask

java.lang.Object
  Task
      com.sun.istack.tools.ProtectedTask

Direct Known Subclasses:

WrapperTask, XJCTask

public abstract class ProtectedTask
extends Task

Executes a Task in a special class loader that allows us to control where to load 2.1 APIs, even if we run in Java 6.

No JDK 1.5 code here, please. This allows us to detect "require JDK5" bug nicely.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Bhakti Mehta

Constructor Summary

ProtectedTask()

Method Summary

protected abstract java.lang.ClassLoader	createClassLoader() Creates a protective class loader that will host the actual task.
java.lang.Object	createDynamicElement(java.lang.String name)
void	execute()
protected abstract java.lang.String	getCoreClassName() Returns the name of the class that extends Task.
void	setDynamicAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProtectedTask

public ProtectedTask()

Method Detail

setDynamicAttribute

public void setDynamicAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                java.lang.String value)
                         throws BuildException

Throws:

BuildException

createDynamicElement

public java.lang.Object createDynamicElement(java.lang.String name)
                                      throws BuildException

Throws:

BuildException

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Throws:

BuildException

getCoreClassName

protected abstract java.lang.String getCoreClassName()

Returns the name of the class that extends Task. This class will be loaded int the protected classloader.

createClassLoader

protected abstract java.lang.ClassLoader createClassLoader()
                                                    throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                                           java.io.IOException

Creates a protective class loader that will host the actual task.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

java.io.IOException