org.netbeans.api.project.ant

Class AntArtifactQuery

java.lang.Object

org.netbeans.api.project.ant.AntArtifactQuery

public class AntArtifactQuery
extends Object

Find out how to create a certain build artifact by calling some Ant script.

See Also:

AntArtifactQueryImplementation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AntArtifact	findArtifactByID(Project p, String id) Try to find a particular build artifact according to the Ant target producing it.
static AntArtifact	findArtifactFromFile(File file) Try to find an Ant artifact object corresponding to a given file on disk.
static AntArtifact[]	findArtifactsByType(Project p, String type) Try to find build artifacts of a certain type in a project.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

findArtifactFromFile

public static AntArtifact findArtifactFromFile(File file)

Try to find an Ant artifact object corresponding to a given file on disk. The file need not currently exist for the query to succeed. All registered AntArtifactQueryImplementation providers are asked.

Parameters:

file - a file which might be built by some Ant target

Returns:

an Ant artifact object describing it, or null if it is not recognized

findArtifactByID

public static AntArtifact findArtifactByID(Project p,
                                           String id)

Try to find a particular build artifact according to the Ant target producing it.

Parameters:

p - a project (should have AntArtifactProvider in lookup in order for this query to work)

id - a desired ID

Returns:

an artifact produced by that project with the specified target, or null if none such can be found

findArtifactsByType

public static AntArtifact[] findArtifactsByType(Project p,
                                                String type)

Try to find build artifacts of a certain type in a project.

Parameters:

p - a project (should have AntArtifactProvider in lookup in order for this query to work)

type - a desired artifact type

Returns:

all artifacts of the specified type produced by that project (may be an empty list)