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| <h2><a name="componentdef">componentdef</a></h2> |
| <h3>Description</h3> |
| <p> |
| Adds a component definination to the current project. |
| A compenent definition is the same as a |
| <a href="typedef.html">typedef</a> except: |
| </p> |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| that it can only be used in other types or tasks that |
| accept components (by having an <i>add()</i> method). |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| multiple components may have the same name, provided them |
| implement different interfaces. |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <p> |
| The purpose of this it allow internal ant definitions to be |
| be made for tags like "and" or "or". |
| </p> |
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| <h3>Examples</h3> |
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| <pre> <componentdef name="or" onerror="ignore" |
| classname="com.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.conditions.Or"/> |
| <componentdef name="or" onerror="ignore" |
| classname="com.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.selectors.Or"/></pre> |
| <p> |
| defines two components with the same name "or", one is a condition |
| (see <a href="conditions.html">conditions</a>) and one is |
| a selector (see <a href="../CoreTypes/selectors.html">selectors</a>). |
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