Re: cvs commit: jakarta-ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/antTask.java

[Peter Donald <do...@apache.org>]

At 09:49  11/1/01 -0800, James Duncan Davidson wrote:
>On 1/8/01 8:51 AM, "bodewig@apache.org" <bo...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> -  <li><code>execute()</code> is called at runtime.</li>
>> +  <li><code>execute()</code> is called at runtime. While the above
>> initialization 
>> +    steps only occur once, the execute() method may be
>> +    called more than once, if the task is invoked more than once. For
>> example, 
>> +    if target1 and target2 both depend on target3, then running
>> +    "ant target1 target2" will run all tasks in target3 twice.</li>
>
>I guess this is really a legacy of how the current tree is formed. For Ant
>2.0, with late binding of all property values and late creation of the
>actual TaskActions, this wouldn't necessarily be the case.

I am not sure Ant2.0 will actually allow manipulation of instances in this
manner thou ? Or do you see it as desirable?
Cheers,

Pete

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