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<h2><a name="taskdef">Taskdef</a></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 "adapter" and "adaptto" set to the values 
    "org.apache.tools.ant.TaskAdapter" and "org.apache.tools.ant.Task"
    respectively.  Anything said in the <a href="typedef.html">manual
      page of typedef</a> applies to taskdef as well.</p>
<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre>  &lt;taskdef name=&quot;myjavadoc&quot; classname=&quot;com.mydomain.JavadocTask&quot;/&gt;</pre>
<p>makes a task called <code>myjavadoc</code> available to Apache Ant. The class <code>com.mydomain.JavadocTask</code>
implements the task.</p>


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