I would recommend *not* extending from DataType unless you have some reusability need for these nested elements and wish to define them outside of your task.
Erik Ryan Cuprak wrote: > To accomplish this, you need to write a param class that extends DataType, > has a default constructor and setter/getter methods for the attributes. In > the mytask (extends Task), you add a method "addParam" which takes your > param class. > Hopefully that answers your question! > > -Ryan Cuprak > > On 9/25/02 7:51 AM, "David M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I wanted to write a task along the following lines >> >><mytask srcfile="" destfile=""> >> <param find="Key1" replaceWith="Value1"/> >> <param find="Key2" replaceWith="Value2"/> >> >> <param find="Keyn" replaceWith="Valuen"/> >></mytask> >> >>In reading through the documentation trying to write this task I came >>across copy and filterset which seem to do exactly what I want. >> >>However, I would still like to understand how I would write this task. >> >>Looking at the Ant source code, it seems generic enough to be able to >>handle arbitary nested elements, but what methods must I put on my task >>class to support this? I am thinking createParam(), setParam() and >>getParam(). >> >>Do I need to create a ant.types.Param class? >> >>Any advice that helps me write this task would be gratefully received. >> >>Regards, >>David > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>