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You may obtain a copy of the License at - - http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 - - Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software - distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, - WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. - See the License for the specific language governing permissions and - limitations under the License. ---> -<html> - <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> - <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../stylesheets/style.css"> - <title>Selectors in Apache Ant</title> - </head> - - <body> - <h2>Selectors</h2> - - <p>Selectors are a mechanism whereby the files that make up a - <code><fileset></code> can be selected based on criteria - other than filename as provided by the <code><include></code> - and <code><exclude></code> tags.</p> - - <h3>How to use a Selector</h3> - - <p>A selector is an element of FileSet, and appears within it. It can - also be defined outside of any target by using the <code><selector></code> tag - and then using it as a reference. - </p> - - <p>Different selectors have different attributes. Some selectors can - contain other selectors, and these are called - <a href="#selectcontainers"><code>Selector Containers</code></a>. - There is also a category of selectors that allow - user-defined extensions, called - <a href="#customselect"><code>Custom Selectors</code></a>. - The ones built in to Apache Ant are called - <a href="#coreselect"><code>Core Selectors</code></a>. - </p> - - <h3><a name="coreselect">Core Selectors</a></h3> - - <p>Core selectors are the ones that come standard - with Ant. They can be used within a fileset and can be contained - within Selector Containers.</p> - - <p>The core selectors are:</p> - - <ul> - <li><a href="#containsselect"><code><contains></code></a> - Select - files that contain a particular text string</li> - <li><a href="#dateselect"><code><date></code></a> - Select files - that have been modified either before or after a particular date - and time</li> - <li><a href="#dependselect"><code><depend></code></a> - Select files - that have been modified more recently than equivalent files - elsewhere</li> - <li><a href="#depthselect"><code><depth></code></a> - Select files - that appear so many directories down in a directory tree</li> - <li><a href="#differentselect"><code><different></code></a> - Select files - that are different from those elsewhere</li> - <li><a href="#filenameselect"><code><filename></code></a> - Select - files whose name matches a particular pattern. Equivalent to - the include and exclude elements of a patternset.</li> - <li><a href="#presentselect"><code><present></code></a> - Select - files that either do or do not exist in some other location</li> - <li><a href="#regexpselect"><code><containsregexp></code></a> - Select - files that match a regular expression</li> - <li><a href="#sizeselect"><code><size></code></a> - Select files - that are larger or smaller than a particular number of bytes.</li> - <li><a href="#typeselect"><code><type></code></a> - Select files - that are either regular files or directories.</li> - <li><a href="#modified"><code><modified></code></a> - Select files if - the return value of the configured algorithm is different from that - stored in a cache.</li> - <li><a href="#signedselector"><code><signedselector></code></a> - Select files if - they are signed, and optionally if they have a signature of a certain name. - </li> - <li><a href="#scriptselector"><code><scriptselector></code></a> - - Use a BSF or JSR 223 scripting language to create - your own selector - </li> - <li><a href="#readable"><code><readable></code></a> - - Select files if they are readable.</li> - <li><a href="#writable"><code><writable></code></a> - - Select files if they are writable.</li> - </ul> - - <h4><a name="containsselect">Contains Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><contains></code> tag in a FileSet limits - the files defined by that fileset to only those which contain the - string specified by the <code>text</code> attribute. - .</p> - <p>The <code><contains></code> selector can be used as a - ResourceSelector (see the - <a href="resources.html#restrict"><restrict></a> - ResourceCollection).</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">text</td> - <td valign="top">Specifies the text that every file must contain - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">casesensitive</td> - <td valign="top">Whether to pay attention to case when looking - for the string in the <code>text</code> attribute. Default is - true. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">ignorewhitespace</td> - <td valign="top">Whether to eliminate whitespace before checking - for the string in the <code>text</code> attribute. Default is - false. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">encoding</td> - <td valign="top">Encoding of the resources being selected. - Required in practice if the encoding of the files being - selected is different from the default encoding of the JVM - where Ant is running. - Since Ant 1.9.0 - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Contains Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${doc.path}" includes="**/*.html"> - <contains text="script" casesensitive="no"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the HTML files that contain the string - <code>script</code>.</p> - - - <h4><a name="dateselect">Date Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><date></code> tag in a FileSet will put - a limit on the files specified by the include tag, so that tags - whose last modified date does not meet the date limits specified - by the selector will not end up being selected.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">datetime</td> - <td valign="top">Specifies the date and time to test for. - Should be in the format MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM_or_PM, or - an alternative pattern specified via the <i>pattern</i> - attribute. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2">At least one of the two.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">millis</td> - <td valign="top">The number of milliseconds since 1970 that should - be tested for. It is usually much easier to use the datetime - attribute. - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">when</td> - <td valign="top">Indicates how to interpret the date, whether - the files to be selected are those whose last modified times should - be before, after, or equal to the specified value. Acceptable - values for this attribute are: - <ul> - <li>before - select files whose last modified date is before the indicated date - <li>after - select files whose last modified date is after the indicated date - <li>equal - select files whose last modified date is this exact date - </ul> - The default is equal. - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">granularity</td> - <td valign="top">The number of milliseconds leeway to use when - comparing file modification times. This is needed because not every - file system supports tracking the last modified time to the - millisecond level. Default is 0 milliseconds, or 2 seconds on DOS systems. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">pattern</td> - <td valign="top">The <CODE>SimpleDateFormat</CODE>-compatible pattern - to use when interpreting the <i>datetime</i> attribute. - <i>Since Ant 1.6.2</i> - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">checkdirs</td> - <td valign="top"> - Indicates whether or not to check dates on directories. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No, defaults to <i>false</i></td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Date Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${jar.path}" includes="**/*.jar"> - <date datetime="01/01/2001 12:00 AM" when="before"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all JAR files which were last modified before midnight - January 1, 2001.</p> - - - <h4><a name="dependselect">Depend Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><depend></code> tag selects files - whose last modified date is later than another, equivalent file in - another location.</p> - - <p>The <code><depend></code> tag supports the use of a - contained <a href="mapper.html"><code><mapper></code></a> element - to define the location of the file to be compared against. If no - <code><mapper></code> element is specified, the - <code>identity</code> type mapper is used.</p> - - <p>The <code><depend></code> selector is case-sensitive.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">targetdir</td> - <td valign="top">The base directory to look for the files to compare - against. The precise location depends on a combination of this - attribute and the <code><mapper></code> element, if any. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">granularity</td> - <td valign="top">The number of milliseconds leeway to give before - deciding a file is out of date. This is needed because not every - file system supports tracking the last modified time to the - millisecond level. Default is 0 milliseconds, or 2 seconds on DOS systems. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Depend Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${ant.1.5}/src/main" includes="**/*.java"> - <depend targetdir="${ant.1.4.1}/src/main"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the Java source files which were modified in the - 1.5 release. - </p> - - - <h4><a name="depthselect">Depth Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><depth></code> tag selects files based on - how many directory levels deep they are in relation to the base - directory of the fileset. - </p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">min</td> - <td valign="top">The minimum number of directory levels below - the base directory that a file must be in order to be selected. - Default is no limit. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2">At least one of the two.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">max</td> - <td valign="top">The maximum number of directory levels below - the base directory that a file can be and still be selected. - Default is no limit. - </td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Depth Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${doc.path}" includes="**/*"> - <depth max="1"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all files in the base directory and one directory below - that.</p> - - - <h4><a name="differentselect">Different Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><different></code> selector will select a file - if it is deemed to be 'different' from an equivalent file in - another location. The rules for determining difference between - the two files are as follows: - <ol> - <li>If a file is only present in the resource collection you apply - the selector to but not in targetdir (or after applying the - mapper) the file is selected. - <li>If a file is only present in targetdir (or after applying the - mapper) it is ignored. - <li> Files with different lengths are different. - <li> If <tt>ignoreFileTimes</tt> is turned off, then differing file - timestamps will cause files to be regarded as different. - <li> Unless <tt>ignoreContents</tt> is set to true, - a byte-for-byte check is run against the two files. - </ol> - - This is a useful selector to work with programs and tasks that don't handle - dependency checking properly; even if a predecessor task always creates its - output files, followup tasks can be driven off copies made with a different - selector, so their dependencies are driven on the absolute state of the - files, not just a timestamp. For example: anything fetched from a web site, - or the output of some program. To reduce the amount of checking, when using - this task inside a <code><copy></code> task, set - <tt>preservelastmodified</tt> to <i>true</i> to propagate the timestamp - from the source file to the destination file.<p> - - The <code><different></code> selector supports the use of a - contained <a href="mapper.html"><code><mapper></code></a> element - to define the location of the file to be compared against. If no - <code><mapper></code> element is specified, the - <code>identity</code> type mapper is used.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">targetdir</td> - <td valign="top">The base directory to look for the files to compare - against. The precise location depends on a combination of this - attribute and the <code><mapper></code> element, if any. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">ignoreFileTimes</td> - <td valign="top">Whether to use file times in the comparison or not. - Default is true (time differences are ignored). - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">ignoreContents</td> - <td valign="top">Whether to do a byte per byte compare. - Default is false (contents are compared). - Since Ant 1.6.3 - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">granularity</td> - <td valign="top">The number of milliseconds leeway to give before - deciding a file is out of date. This is needed because not every - file system supports tracking the last modified time to the - millisecond level. Default is 0 milliseconds, or 2 seconds on DOS systems. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Different Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${ant.1.5}/src/main" includes="**/*.java"> - <different targetdir="${ant.1.4.1}/src/main" - ignoreFileTimes="true"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Compares all the Java source files between the 1.4.1 and the 1.5 release - and selects those who are different, disregarding file times. - </p> - - <h4><a name="filenameselect">Filename Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><filename></code> tag acts like the - <code><include></code> and <code><exclude></code> - tags within a fileset. By using a selector instead, however, - one can combine it with all the other selectors using whatever - <a href="#selectcontainers">selector container</a> is desired. - </p> - - <p>The <code><filename></code> selector is - case-sensitive.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">name</td> - <td valign="top">The name of files to select. The name parameter - can contain the standard Ant wildcard characters. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2">Exactly one of - the two</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">regex</td> - <td valign="top">The regular expression matching files to select.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">casesensitive</td> - <td valign="top">Whether to pay attention to case when looking - at file names. Default is "true". - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">negate</td> - <td valign="top">Whether to reverse the effects of this filename - selection, therefore emulating an exclude rather than include - tag. Default is "false". - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Filename Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${doc.path}" includes="**/*"> - <filename name="**/*.css"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the cascading style sheet files.</p> - - - <h4><a name="presentselect">Present Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><present></code> tag selects files - that have an equivalent file in another directory tree.</p> - - <p>The <code><present></code> tag supports the use of a - contained <a href="mapper.html"><code><mapper></code></a> element - to define the location of the file to be tested against. If no - <code><mapper></code> element is specified, the - <code>identity</code> type mapper is used.</p> - - <p>The <code><present></code> selector is case-sensitive.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">targetdir</td> - <td valign="top">The base directory to look for the files to compare - against. The precise location depends on a combination of this - attribute and the <code><mapper></code> element, if any. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">present</td> - <td valign="top">Whether we are requiring that a file is present in - the src directory tree only, or in both the src and the target - directory tree. Valid values are: - <ul> - <li>srconly - select files only if they are in the src - directory tree but not in the target directory tree - <li>both - select files only if they are present both in the - src and target directory trees - </ul> - Default is both. Setting this attribute to "srconly" - is equivalent to wrapping the selector in the <code><not></code> - selector container. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Present Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${ant.1.5}/src/main" includes="**/*.java"> - <present present="srconly" targetdir="${ant.1.4.1}/src/main"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the Java source files which are new in the - 1.5 release. - </p> - - <h4><a name="regexpselect">Regular Expression Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><containsregexp></code> tag in a FileSet limits - the files defined by that fileset to only those which contents contain a - match to the regular expression specified by the <code>expression</code> attribute. - </p> - <p>The <code><containsregexp></code> selector can be used as a - ResourceSelector (see the - <a href="resources.html#restrict"><restrict></a> - ResourceCollection).</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">expression</td> - <td valign="top">Specifies the regular expression that must - match true in every file</td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">casesensitive</td> - <td valign="top">Perform a case sensitive match. Default is - true. <em>since Ant 1.8.2</em></td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">multiline</td> - <td valign="top"> - Perform a multi line match. - Default is false. <em>since Ant 1.8.2</em></td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">singleline</td> - <td valign="top"> - This allows '.' to match new lines. - SingleLine is not to be confused with multiline, SingleLine is a perl - regex term, it corresponds to dotall in java regex. - Default is false. <em>since Ant 1.8.2</em></td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the regular expression Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${doc.path}" includes="*.txt"> - <containsregexp expression="[4-6]\.[0-9]"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the text files that match the regular expression - (have a 4,5 or 6 followed by a period and a number from 0 to 9). - - - <h4><a name="sizeselect">Size Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><size></code> tag in a FileSet will put - a limit on the files specified by the include tag, so that tags - which do not meet the size limits specified by the selector will not - end up being selected.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">value</td> - <td valign="top">The size of the file which should be tested for. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">units</td> - <td valign="top">The units that the <code>value</code> attribute - is expressed in. When using the standard single letter SI - designations, such as "k","M", or - "G", multiples of 1000 are used. If you want to use - power of 2 units, use the IEC standard: "Ki" for 1024, - "Mi" for 1048576, and so on. The default is no units, - which means the <code>value</code> attribute expresses the exact - number of bytes. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">when</td> - <td valign="top">Indicates how to interpret the size, whether - the files to be selected should be larger, smaller, or equal to - that value. Acceptable values for this attribute are: - <ul> - <li>less - select files less than the indicated size - <li>more - select files greater than the indicated size - <li>equal - select files this exact size - </ul> - The default is equal. - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Size Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${jar.path}"> - <patternset> - <include name="**/*.jar"/> - </patternset> - <size value="4" units="Ki" when="more"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all JAR files that are larger than 4096 bytes.</p> - - <h4><a name="typeselect">Type Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><type></code> tag selects files of a certain type: - directory or regular.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">type</td> - <td valign="top">The type of file which should be tested for. - Acceptable values are: - <ul> - <li>file - regular files</li> - <li>dir - directories</li> - </ul> - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Type Selector to select only - directories in <code>${src}</code></p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${src}"> - <type type="dir"/> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>The Type Selector is often used in conjunction with other selectors. - For example, to select files that also exist in a <code>template</code> - directory, but avoid selecting empty directories, use: - -<blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${src}"> - <and> - <present targetdir="template"/> - <type type="file"/> - </and> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - - <h4><a name="modified">Modified Selector</a></h4> - <p>The <code><modified></code> selector computes a value for a file, compares that - to the value stored in a cache and select the file, if these two values - differ.</p> - <p>Because this selector is highly configurable the order in which the selection is done - is: <ol> - <li> get the absolute path for the file </li> - <li> get the cached value from the configured cache (absolute path as key) </li> - <li> get the new value from the configured algorithm </li> - <li> compare these two values with the configured comparator </li> - <li> update the cache if needed and requested </li> - <li> do the selection according to the comparison result </li> - </ol> - <p>The comparison, computing of the hashvalue and the store is done by implementation - of special interfaces. Therefore they may provide additional parameters.</p> - - <p>The <code><modified></code> selector can be used as a - ResourceSelector (see the - <a href="resources.html#restrict"><restrict></a> - ResourceCollection). - In that case it maps simple file resources to files and does its job. If the - resource is from another type, the <code><modified></code> selector tries - to (<b>attention!</b>) copy the content into a local file for computing the - hashvalue.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> algorithm </td> - <td valign="top"> The type of algorithm should be used. - Acceptable values are (further information see later): - <ul> - <li> hashvalue - HashvalueAlgorithm </li> - <li> digest - DigestAlgorithm </li> - <li> checksum - ChecksumAlgorithm </li> - </ul> - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No, defaults to <i>digest</i> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> cache </td> - <td valign="top"> The type of cache should be used. - Acceptable values are (further information see later): - <ul> - <li> propertyfile - PropertyfileCache </li> - </ul> - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No, defaults to <i>propertyfile</i> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> comparator </td> - <td valign="top"> The type of comparator should be used. - Acceptable values are (further information see later): - <ul> - <li> equal - EqualComparator </li> - <li> rule - java.text.RuleBasedCollator - <!-- NOTE --> - <i>(see <a href="#ModSelNote">note</a> for restrictions)</i> - </li> - </ul> - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No, defaults to <i>equal</i> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> algorithmclass </td> - <td valign="top"> Classname of custom algorithm implementation. Lower - priority than <i>algorithm</i>. </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> cacheclass </td> - <td valign="top"> Classname of custom cache implementation. Lower - priority than <i>cache</i>. </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> comparatorclass </td> - <td valign="top"> Classname of custom comparator implementation. Lower - priority than <i>comparator</i>. </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> update </td> - <td valign="top"> Should the cache be updated when values differ? (boolean) </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No, defaults to <i>true</i> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> seldirs </td> - <td valign="top"> Should directories be selected? (boolean) </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No, defaults to <i>true</i> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> selres </td> - <td valign="top"> Should Resources without an InputStream, and - therefore without checking, be selected? (boolean) </td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No, defaults to <i>true</i>. Only relevant - when used as ResourceSelector. </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> delayupdate </td> - <td valign="top"> If set to <i>true</i>, the storage of the cache will be delayed until the - next finished BuildEvent; task finished, target finished or build finished, - whichever comes first. This is provided for increased performance. If set - to <i>false</i>, the storage of the cache will happen with each change. This - attribute depends upon the <i>update</i> attribute. (boolean)</td> - <td valign="top" align="center"> No, defaults to <i>true</i> </td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>These attributes can be set with nested <code><param/></code> tags. With <code><param/></code> - tags you can set other values too - as long as they are named according to - the following rules: <ul> - <li> <b> algorithm </b>: same as attribute algorithm </li> - <li> <b> cache </b>: same as attribute cache </li> - <li> <b> comparator </b>: same as attribute comparator </li> - <li> <b> algorithmclass </b>: same as attribute algorithmclass </li> - <li> <b> cacheclass </b>: same as attribute cacheclass </li> - <li> <b> comparatorclass </b>: same as attribute comparatorclass </li> - <li> <b> update </b>: same as attribute update </li> - <li> <b> seldirs </b>: same as attribute seldirs </li> - <li> <b> algorithm.* </b>: Value is transferred to the algorithm via its - <i>set</i>XX-methods </li> - <li> <b> cache.* </b>: Value is transferred to the cache via its - <i>set</i>XX-methods </li> - <li> <b> comparator.* </b>: Value is transferred to the comparator via its - <i>set</i>XX-methods </li> - </ul> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr><td colspan="2"><font size="+1"><b> Algorithm options</b></font></td></tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Name</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> hashvalue </td> - <td valign="top"> Reads the content of a file into a java.lang.String - and use thats hashValue(). No additional configuration required. - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> digest </td> - <td valign="top"> Uses java.security.MessageDigest. This Algorithm supports - the following attributes: - <ul> - <li><i>algorithm.algorithm</i> (optional): Name of the Digest algorithm - (e.g. 'MD5' or 'SHA', default = <i>MD5</i>) </li> - <li><i>algorithm.provider</i> (optional): Name of the Digest provider - (default = <i>null</i>) </li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> checksum </td> - <td valign="top"> Uses java.util.zip.Checksum. This Algorithm supports - the following attributes: - <ul> - <li><i>algorithm.algorithm</i> (optional): Name of the algorithm - (e.g. 'CRC' or 'ADLER', default = <i>CRC</i>) </li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr><td colspan="2"><font size="+1"><b> Cache options </b></font></td></tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> propertyfile </td> - <td valign="top"> Use the java.util.Properties class and its possibility - to load and store to file. - This Cache implementation supports the following attributes: - <ul> - <li><i>cache.cachefile</i> (optional): Name of the properties-file - (default = <i>cache.properties</i>) </li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr><td colspan="2"><font size="+1"><b> Comparator options</b></font></td></tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> equal </td> - <td valign="top"> Very simple object comparison. </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> rule </td> - <td valign="top"> Uses <i>java.text.RuleBasedCollator</i> for Object - comparison. - <!-- NOTE --> - <i>(see <a href="#ModSelNote">note</a> for restrictions)</i> - </td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>The <code><modified></code> selector supports a nested - <code><classpath></code> element that represents a <a href="../using.html#path"> - PATH like structure</a> for finding custom interface implementations. </p> - - <p>Here are some examples of how to use the Modified Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> - <copy todir="dest"> - <fileset dir="src"> - <modified/> - </fileset> - </copy> - </pre></blockquote> - <p>This will copy all files from <i>src</i> to <i>dest</i> which content has changed. - Using an updating PropertyfileCache with cache.properties and - MD5-DigestAlgorithm.</p> - - <blockquote><pre> - <copy todir="dest"> - <fileset dir="src"> - <modified update="true" - seldirs="true" - cache="propertyfile" - algorithm="digest" - comparator="equal"> - <param name="cache.cachefile" value="cache.properties"/> - <param name="algorithm.algorithm" value="MD5"/> - </modified> - </fileset> - </copy> - </pre></blockquote> - <p>This is the same example rewritten as CoreSelector with setting the all the values - (same as defaults are).</p> - - <blockquote><pre> - <copy todir="dest"> - <fileset dir="src"> - <custom class="org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.modifiedselector.ModifiedSelector"> - <param name="update" value="true"/> - <param name="seldirs" value="true"/> - <param name="cache" value="propertyfile"/> - <param name="algorithm" value="digest"/> - <param name="comparator" value="equal"/> - <param name="cache.cachefile" value="cache.properties"/> - <param name="algorithm.algorithm" value="MD5"/> - </custom> - </fileset> - </copy> - </pre></blockquote> - <p>And this is the same rewritten as CustomSelector.</p> - - <blockquote><pre> - <target name="generate-and-upload-site"> - <echo> generate the site using forrest </echo> - <antcall target="site"/> - - <echo> upload the changed file </echo> - <ftp server="${ftp.server}" userid="${ftp.user}" password="${ftp.pwd}"> - <fileset dir="htdocs/manual"> - <modified/> - </fileset> - </ftp> - </target> - </pre></blockquote> - <p>A useful scenario for this selector inside a build environment - for homepage generation (e.g. with <a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/"> - Apache Forrest</a>). Here all <b>changed</b> files are uploaded to the server. The - CacheSelector saves therefore much upload time.</p> - - <blockquote><pre> - <modified cacheclassname="com.mycompany.MyCache"> - <classpath> - <pathelement location="lib/mycompany-antutil.jar"/> - </classpath> - </modified> - </pre></blockquote> - <p>Uses <tt>com.mycompany.MyCache</tt> from a jar outside of Ants own classpath - as cache implementation</p> - - <h4><a name="ModSelNote">Note on RuleBasedCollator</a></h4> - <p>The RuleBasedCollator needs a format for its work, but its needed while - instantiation. There is a problem in the initialization algorithm for this - case. Therefore you should not use this (or tell me the workaround :-).</p> - - <h4><a name="signedselector">Signed Selector</a></h4> - - <p> - The <code><signedselector></code> tag selects signed files and optionally - signed with a certain name. - </p> - <p> - This selector has been added in Apache Ant 1.7. - </p> - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">name</td> - <td valign="top"> The signature name to check for.</td> - <td valign="top" align="center">no</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <h4><a name="readable">Readable Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><readable></code> selector selects only files - that are readable. Ant only invokes - <code>java.io.File#canRead</code> so if a file is unreadable - but the Java VM cannot detect this state, this selector will - still select the file.</p> - - <h4><a name="writable">Writable Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><writable></code> selector selects only files - that are writable. Ant only invokes - <code>java.io.File#canWrite</code> so if a file is unwritable - but the Java VM cannot detect this state, this selector will - still select the file.</p> - - <h4><a name="scriptselector">Script Selector</a></h4> - - <p> - The <code><scriptselector></code> element enables you - to write a complex selection algorithm in any - <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/bsf" target="_top">Apache BSF</a> - or - <a href="https://scripting.dev.java.net">JSR 223</a> - supported language. - See the <a href="../Tasks/script.html">Script</a> task for - an explanation of scripts and dependencies. - </p> - <p> - This selector was added in Apache Ant 1.7. - </p> - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">language</td> - <td valign="top">language of the script.</td> - <td valign="top" align="center">yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">manager</td> - <td valign="top"> - The script engine manager to use. - See the <a href="../Tasks/script.html">script</a> task - for using this attribute. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No - default is "auto"</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">src</td> - <td valign="top">filename of the script</td> - <td valign="top" align="center">no</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">setbeans</td> - <td valign="top">whether to have all properties, references and targets as - global variables in the script.</td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No, default is "true".</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">classpath</td> - <td valign="top"> - The classpath to pass into the script. - </td> - <td align="center" valign="top">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">classpathref</td> - <td valign="top">The classpath to use, given as a - <a href="../using.html#references">reference</a> to a path defined elsewhere. - <td align="center" valign="top">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - <p> - This selector can take a nested <classpath> element. - See the <a href="../Tasks/script.html">script</a> task - on how to use this element. - </p> - <p> - If no <code>src</code> attribute is supplied, the script must be nested - inside the selector declaration. - </p> - <p>The embedded script is invoked for every test, with - the bean <code>self</code> - is bound to the selector. It has an attribute <code>selected</code> - must can be set using <code>setSelected(boolean)</code> to select that - file. - - <p> - - The following beans are configured for every script, alongside - the classic set of project, properties, and targets. - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Bean</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Type</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">self</td> - <td valign="top">selector instance</td> - <td valign="top">org.apache.tools.ant.types.optional</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">filename</td> - <td valign="top">filename of the selection</td> - <td valign="top" >String</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">file</td> - <td valign="top">file of the selection</td> - <td valign="top" >java.io.File</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">basedir</td> - <td valign="top">Fileset base directory</td> - <td valign="top" >java.io.File</td> - </tr> - - </table> - <p> - The <code>self</code> bean maps to the selector, which has the following - attributes. Only the <code>selected</code> flag is writable, the rest - are read only via their getter methods. - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Type</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">selected</td> - <td valign="top">writeable flag to select this file</td> - <td valign="top" align="center">boolean</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">filename</td> - <td valign="top">filename of the selection</td> - <td valign="top" >String</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">file</td> - <td valign="top">file of the selection</td> - <td valign="top" >java.io.File</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">basedir</td> - <td valign="top">Fileset base directory</td> - <td valign="top" >java.io.File</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p> - Example - </p> -<pre> - <scriptselector language="javascript"> - self.setSelected(true); - </scriptselector> -</pre> - <p> - Selects every file. - </p> - -<pre> - <scriptselector language="javascript"> - self.setSelected((filename.length%2)==0); - </scriptselector> -</pre> -Select files whose filename length is even. - - <h3><a name="selectcontainers">Selector Containers</a></h3> - - <p>To create more complex selections, a variety of selectors that - contain other selectors are available for your use. They combine the - selections of their child selectors in various ways.</p> - - <p>The selector containers are:</p> - - <ul> - <li><a href="#andselect"><code><and></code></a> - select a file only if all - the contained selectors select it. - <li><a href="#majorityselect"><code><majority></code></a> - select a file - if a majority of its selectors select it. - <li><a href="#noneselect"><code><none></code></a> - select a file only if - none of the contained selectors select it. - <li><a href="#notselect"><code><not></code></a> - can contain only one - selector, and reverses what it selects and doesn't select. - <li><a href="#orselect"><code><or></code></a> - selects a file if any one - of the contained selectors selects it. - <li><a href="#selectorselect"><code><selector></code></a> - contains only one - selector and forwards all requests to it without alteration, provided - that any <code>"if"</code> or - <code>"unless"</code> conditions are met. This - is the selector to use if you want to define a reference. It is - usable as an element of <code><project></code>. It is also - the one to use if you want selection of files to be dependent on - Ant property settings. - </ul> - - <p>All selector containers can contain any other selector, including - other containers, as an element. Using containers, the selector tags - can be arbitrarily deep. Here is a complete list of allowable - selector elements within a container:</p> - - <ul> - <li><code><and></code></li> - <li><code><contains></code></li> - <li><code><custom></code></li> - <li><code><date></code></li> - <li><code><depend></code></li> - <li><code><depth></code></li> - <li><code><filename></code></li> - <li><code><majority></code></li> - <li><code><none></code></li> - <li><code><not></code></li> - <li><code><or></code></li> - <li><code><present></code></li> - <li><code><selector></code></li> - <li><code><size></code></li> - </ul> - - <h4><a name="andselect">And Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><and></code> tag selects files that are - selected by all of the elements it contains. It returns as - soon as it finds a selector that does not select the file, - so it is not guaranteed to check every selector. - </p> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the And Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${dist}" includes="**/*.jar"> - <and> - <size value="4" units="Ki" when="more"/> - <date datetime="01/01/2001 12:00 AM" when="before"/> - </and> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the JAR file larger than 4096 bytes which haven't been update - since the last millennium. - </p> - - - <h4><a name="majorityselect">Majority Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><majority></code> tag selects files provided - that a majority of the contained elements also select it. Ties are - dealt with as specified by the <code>allowtie</code> attribute. - </p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">allowtie</td> - <td valign="top">Whether files should be selected if there - are an even number of selectors selecting them as are - not selecting them. Default is true. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Majority Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${docs}" includes="**/*.html"> - <majority> - <contains text="project" casesensitive="false"/> - <contains text="taskdef" casesensitive="false"/> - <contains text="IntrospectionHelper" casesensitive="true"/> - </majority> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the HTML files which contain at least two of the three - phrases "project", "taskdef", and "IntrospectionHelper" (this last phrase must - match case exactly). - </p> - - - <h4><a name="noneselect">None Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><none></code> tag selects files that are - not selected by any of the elements it contains. It returns as - soon as it finds a selector that selects the file, - so it is not guaranteed to check every selector. - </p> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the None Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${src}" includes="**/*.java"> - <none> - <present targetdir="${dest}"/> - <present targetdir="${dest}"> - <mapper type="glob" from="*.java" to="*.class"/> - </present> - </none> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects only Java files which do not have equivalent java or - class files in the dest directory. - </p> - - - <h4><a name="notselect">Not Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><not></code> tag reverses the meaning of the - single selector it contains. - </p> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Not Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${src}" includes="**/*.java"> - <not> - <contains text="test"/> - </not> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the files in the src directory that do not contain the - string "test". - </p> - - - <h4><a name="orselect">Or Selector</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><or></code> tag selects files that are - selected by any one of the elements it contains. It returns as - soon as it finds a selector that selects the file, - so it is not guaranteed to check every selector. - </p> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Or Selector:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${basedir}"> - <or> - <depth max="0"/> - <filename name="*.png"/> - <filename name="*.gif"/> - <filename name="*.jpg"/> - </or> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all the files in the top directory along with all the - image files below it. - </p> - - - <h4><a name="selectorselect">Selector Reference</a></h4> - - <p>The <code><selector></code> tag is used to create selectors - that can be reused through references. It is the only selector which can - be used outside of - any target, as an element of the <code><project></code> tag. It - can contain only one other selector, but of course that selector can - be a container. - </p> - - <p>The <code><selector></code> tag can also be used to select - files conditionally based on whether an Ant property exists or not. - This functionality is realized using the <code>"if"</code> and - <code>"unless"</code> attributes in exactly the same way they - are used on targets or on the <code><include></code> and - <code><exclude></code> tags within a - <code><patternset></code>.</p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">if</td> - <td valign="top">Allow files to be selected only <a href="../properties.html#if+unless">if the named - property is set</a>. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">unless</td> - <td valign="top">Allow files to be selected only <a href="../properties.html#if+unless">if the named - property is <b>not</b> set</a>. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is an example of how to use the Selector Reference:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<project default="all" basedir="./ant"> - - <selector id="completed"> - <none> - <depend targetdir="build/classes"> - <mapper type="glob" from="*.java" to="*.class"/> - </depend> - <depend targetdir="docs/manual/api"> - <mapper type="glob" from="*.java" to="*.html"/> - </depend> - </none> - </selector> - - <target> - <zip> - <fileset dir="src/main" includes="**/*.java"> - <selector refid="completed"/> - </fileset> - </zip> - </target> - -</project> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Zips up all the Java files which have an up-to-date equivalent - class file and javadoc file associated with them. - </p> - - <p>And an example of selecting files conditionally, based on whether - properties are set:</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${working.copy}"> - <or> - <selector if="include.tests"> - <filename name="**/*Test.class"> - </selector> - <selector if="include.source"> - <and> - <filename name="**/*.java"> - <not> - <selector unless="include.tests"> - <filename name="**/*Test.java"> - </selector> - </not> - </and> - </selector> - </or> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>A fileset that conditionally contains Java source files and Test - source and class files.</p> - - <h3><a name="customselect">Custom Selectors</a></h3> - - <p>You can write your own selectors and use them within the selector - containers by specifying them within the <code><custom></code> tag.</p> - - <p>First, you have to write your selector class in Java. The only - requirement it must meet in order to be a selector is that it implements - the <code>org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.FileSelector</code> - interface, which contains a single method. See - <a href="selectors-program.html">Programming Selectors in Ant</a> for - more information.</p> - - <p>Once that is written, you include it in your build file by using - the <code><custom></code> tag. - </p> - - <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td> - <td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td> - <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">classname</td> - <td valign="top">The name of your class that implements - <code>org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.FileSelector</code>. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">classpath</td> - <td valign="top">The classpath to use in order to load the - custom selector class. If neither this classpath nor the - classpathref are specified, the class will be - loaded from the classpath that Ant uses. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td valign="top">classpathref</td> - <td valign="top">A reference to a classpath previously - defined. If neither this reference nor the - classpath above are specified, the class will be - loaded from the classpath that Ant uses. - </td> - <td valign="top" align="center">No</td> - </tr> - </table> - - <p>Here is how you use <code><custom></code> to - use your class as a selector: - </p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${mydir}" includes="**/*"> - <custom classname="com.mydomain.MySelector"> - <param name="myattribute" value="myvalue"/> - </custom> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>A number of core selectors can also be used as custom selectors - by specifying their attributes using <code><param></code> elements. These - are</p> - - <ul> - <li><a href="#containsselect">Contains Selector</a> with - classname <code>org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.ContainsSelector</code> - <li><a href="#dateselect">Date Selector</a> with - classname <code>org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.DateSelector</code> - <li><a href="#depthselect">Depth Selector</a> with - classname <code>org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.DepthSelector</code> - <li><a href="#filenameselect">Filename Selector</a> with - classname <code>org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.FilenameSelector</code> - <li><a href="#sizeselect">Size Selector</a> with - classname <code>org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.SizeSelector</code> - </ul> - - <p>Here is the example from the Depth Selector section rewritten - to use the selector through <code><custom></code>.</p> - - <blockquote><pre> -<fileset dir="${doc.path}" includes="**/*"> - <custom classname="org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.DepthSelector"> - <param name="max" value="1"/> - </custom> -</fileset> -</pre></blockquote> - - <p>Selects all files in the base directory and one directory below - that.</p> - - <p>For more details concerning writing your own selectors, consult - <a href="selectors-program.html">Programming Selectors in Ant</a>.</p> - - - - </body> - -</html> |