proposal/frantic/src/org/apache/ant/engine/TaskEngine.java

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package org.apache.ant.engine;


import java.util.*;
import org.apache.ant.AntException;
import org.apache.ant.tasks.Task;

/**
 * The TaskEngine interface defines the methods that a TaskEngine are required
 * to implement. This interface is also passed to each Task in order for them to
 * get access to some utility functions like inserting a new Task during a run,
 * or forcing the execution path of Tasks to be modified.
 */
public interface TaskEngine {
    
    void addAntEngineListener(AntEngineListener listener);
    
    void removeAntEngineListener(AntEngineListener listener);
    
    void execute(Task task) throws AntException;
    
    void execute(Task root, Task task) throws AntException;
    
    void message(Task task, String message);
    
    Task getNextExecuteTask();
    
    /**
     * Returns a list of all property names that the current task stack is aware
     * of. This is a recursive list of all property names.
     */
    List getPropertyNames();
    
    /**
     * May be called to obtain property values that have been defined. Property
     * values are maintained in a hierarchical manner as each task is executed.
     * When a property is requested, if the current execution level does not
     * contain the property, the execution parent is then queried. This
     * continues until there is no where else to go!
     * <p></p>
     * Maybe this should be a Hashtable implementation and be able to return
     * Object? Is that a little overkill considering these values will usually
     * be Strings? Perhaps someone will have a farfetched idea of storing a
     * Task in a property?
     */
    Object getPropertyValue(String name);
    
    /**
     * Adds the name-value pair to this execution stack property list. If the
     * property is declared in parent tasks, I don't really see a reason for not
     * adding it again to this execution list. This would achieve a nice scoped
     * parameter list that is dictated by nesting levels.
     * <p></p>
     * This is against the current Ant (1.2) specification, but I'm not sure why
     * that restriction was there. It would be simple to implement here if it
     * again required.
     */
    void setPropertyValue(String name, Object value);
    
    /**
     * Removes the given property from the property list. I haven't thought too
     * much about the rules behind this method. My current thinking is that the
     * property is removed no matter what level of the execution stack the
     * property was defined in. I think this should be good in most cases. If it
     * ever surfaces that the property should just be unavailable for this stack
     * level (and other's below it), then the implementation can be modified to
     * keep a list of these "unavailable" properties.
     */
    void removePropertyValue(String name);
    
}