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

[James Duncan Davidson <du...@x180.net>]

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.

.duncan

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James Duncan Davidson                                        duncan@x180.net
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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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