Starts or stops autoconfiguration for tasks and datatypes. Autoconfiguration applies properties to tasks and datatypes if their names fit to the tasks/datatype and attribute names and the attribute is not set.
The property name must match the following rule:
propertyname ::= prefix? taskname "." attributename
Only one Autoconf is active at the same time.
| Attribute | Description | Required |
| start | 'start' or 'stop' autoconfiguration | no, defaults to 'start' |
| prefix | Prefix to use for property names | no, empty as default |
<property name="echo.message" value="Default Message"/> <autoconf/> <echo/>Echoes Default Message, because the name rule ("" + "echo" + "." + "message") catches one existing property.
<property name="echo.notAnAttribute" value="Default Message"/> <autoconf/> <echo/>Echoes an empty line as the default behaviour of <echo/>. The message is not applied because the property name does not match the rule.
<property name="echo.message" value="Default Message"/> <autoconf/> <echo message="Individual Message"/>Autoconf does not do anything because the attribute of the echo task is already set.