01: /*
02: * ========================================================================
03: *
04: * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
05: *
06: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
07: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
08: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
09: *
10: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11: *
12: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16: * limitations under the License.
17: *
18: * ========================================================================
19: */
20: package org.apache.cactus.integration.ant.util;
21:
22: import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
23:
24: /**
25: * Interface that allows random classes to use Ant tasks without needing an
26: * explicit reference to a project, target or task.
27: *
28: * @version $Id: AntTaskFactory.java 239003 2004-05-31 20:05:27Z vmassol $
29: */
30: public interface AntTaskFactory {
31: /**
32: * Returns the task that is mapped to the specified name.
33: *
34: * Implementations of this interface should correctly initialize the task by
35: * setting the name, the project and optionally the owning target.
36: *
37: * @param theName The logical name of the task
38: * @return A new instance of the task mapped to the name, or
39: * <code>null</code> if a corresponding task could not be created
40: */
41: Task createTask(String theName);
42: }
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