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<h2 id="taskdef">Taskdef</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Adds a task definition to the current project, such that this new task can be used in the current
project.</p>
<p>This task is a form of <a href="typedef.html">Typedef</a> with the attributes <var>adapter</var>
and <var>adaptto</var> set to the values <q>org.apache.tools.ant.TaskAdapter</q>
and <q>org.apache.tools.ant.Task</q> respectively. Anything said in
the <a href="typedef.html">manual page of typedef</a> applies to <code>taskdef</code> as well.</p>

<h3>Examples</h3>

<p>Make a task called <code>myjavadoc</code> available to Apache Ant. The
class <code>com.mydomain.JavadocTask</code> implements the task.</p>

<pre>&lt;taskdef name=&quot;myjavadoc&quot; classname=&quot;com.mydomain.JavadocTask&quot;/&gt;</pre>

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