Github user bodewig commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/79#discussion_r232667773
--- Diff: src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/DataType.java ---
@@ -196,24 +196,44 @@ public static void
pushAndInvokeCircularReferenceCheck(DataType dt,
/**
* Performs the check for circular references and returns the
* referenced object.
+ * @param <T> required reference type
* @return the dereferenced object.
* @throws BuildException if the reference is invalid (circular ref,
wrong class, etc).
* @since Ant 1.7
+ * @deprecated use getCheckedRef(Class)
*/
- protected Object getCheckedRef() {
+ @Deprecated
+ protected <T> T getCheckedRef() {
return getCheckedRef(getProject());
}
/**
* Performs the check for circular references and returns the
* referenced object.
+ * @param <T> required reference type
+ * @param requiredClass the class that this reference should be a
subclass of.
+ * @return the dereferenced object.
+ * @throws BuildException if the reference is invalid (circular ref,
wrong class, etc).
+ * @since Ant 1.10
--- End diff --
needs the patch version
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