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package org.apache.ant.common.antlib;
/**
* A deferred task is one where the task task responsibility for configuring
* itself at execution time. The attributes and nested elements are stored
* by the task for later use
*
* @author Conor MacNeill
* @created 11 February 2002
*/
public interface DeferredTask extends Task {
/**
* Sets the attribute of the DeferredTask
*
* @param name the attribute name
* @param attributeValue the new attribute value
*/
void setAttribute(String name, String attributeValue);
/**
* Add a nested element
*
* @param nestedElementName the name of the nested element
* @param value the object which is the nested element
*/
void addElement(String nestedElementName, Object value);
/**
* Add any text content
*
* @param text the value of the content
*/
void addText(String text);
}