com.sun.istack.tools

Class ProtectedTask

java.lang.Object

Task

com.sun.istack.tools.ProtectedTask

Direct Known Subclasses:

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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProtectedTask()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract ClassLoader	createClassLoader() Creates a protective class loader that will host the actual task.
Object	createDynamicElement(String name)
void	execute()
protected abstract String	getCoreClassName() Returns the name of the class that extends Task.
void	setDynamicAttribute(String name, 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(String name,
                       String value)
                         throws BuildException

Throws:

BuildException

createDynamicElement

public Object createDynamicElement(String name)
                            throws BuildException

Throws:

BuildException

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Throws:

BuildException

getCoreClassName

protected abstract String getCoreClassName()

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

createClassLoader

protected abstract ClassLoader createClassLoader()
                                          throws ClassNotFoundException,
                                                 IOException

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

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

IOException