ANT HolderGenerator Task

ANT HolderGenerator Task ^Locate

Overview ^Locate

The HolderGenerator ANT task is for launching the Holder Generator command-line tool in Apache ANT. HolderGenerator creates a holder class. A holder class generally is used to hold on to output parameter values. More details on this tool are given in Holder Generator.

	Note
	Examples You can find usage examples of ANT tasks in `WASP_HOME/src/example/tools/ant` and in the `build.xml` files in Demos. See also Example 221.

Task Name	Task Class
`HolderGenerator`	com.idoox.wasp.tools.ant.HolderGeneratorTask

Example 221. HolderGenerator ANT Task

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project basedir="." default="main" name="test">
    <taskdef classname="com.idoox.wasp.tools.ant.HolderGeneratorTask" 
    name="holderGenerator"/>
    <target name="main">
        <holderGenerator className="testHolder" 
        dir="../test" valueType="test.TestClass"/>
    </target>
</project>

Attributes of the HolderGenerator ANT Task ^Locate

Attribute Name	Description	Required	Command-line Option
`classname`	Sets the full class name to be generated.	No	`--class-name`
`dir`	Sets the output directory where the holder will be stored.	No	`--output-dir`
`force`	Overwrites existing file, when a file with same path as the file being generated exists already. This prevents File already exists-type errors. (=`true`/`false`)	No	`--force`
`holderType`	Type of holder to generate. Type can be either 'out' or 'inout'. Default is 'inout'.	No	`--type`
`valueType`	Specifies the held value type. This attribute requires the full class name.	Yes	-