1 /*
2 * ========================================================================
3 *
4 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. Code from this file
5 * was originally imported from the Jakarta Cactus project.
6 *
7 * Codehaus CARGO, copyright 2004-2010 Vincent Massol.
8 *
9 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
10 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
11 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
12 *
13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
14 *
15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
16 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
17 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
18 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
19 * limitations under the License.
20 *
21 * ========================================================================
22 */
23 package com.atlassian.maven.plugins.amps.util.ant;
24
25 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
26
27 /**
28 * Interface that allows random classes to use Ant tasks without needing an
29 * explicit reference to a project, target or task.
30 *
31 * @version $Id$
32 */
33 public interface AntTaskFactory
34 {
35 /**
36 * Returns the task that is mapped to the specified name.
37 *
38 * Implementations of this interface should correctly initialize the task by
39 * setting the name, the project and optionally the owning target.
40 *
41 * @param taskName The logical name of the task
42 * @return A new instance of the task mapped to the name, or
43 * <code>null</code> if a corresponding task could not be created
44 */
45 Task createTask(String taskName);
46 }