Adds a task definition to the current project, such that this new task can be used in the current project. Two attributes are needed, the name that identifies this task uniquely, and the full name of the class (including the packages) that implements this task.
Taskdef should be used to add your own tasks to the system. See also "Writing your own task".
Attribute | Description | Required |
name | the name of the task | Yes |
classname | the full class name implementing the task | Yes |
classpath | the classpath to
use when looking up classname . | No |
Taskdef
's classpath attribute is a PATH like structure and can also be set via a nested
classpath element.
<taskdef name="myjavadoc" classname="com.mydomain.JavadocTask"/>
makes a task called myjavadoc
available to Ant. The class com.mydomain.JavadocTask
implements the task.
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