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 *
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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.ant;

import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;

/**
 * A tag which provides an Ant Task object on which to set Ant DataTypes or create nested types
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $
 */
public interface TaskSource {

    /**
     * @return the Ant object which may be an Ant Task or nested element
     */
    public Object getTaskObject() throws JellyTagException;

    /**
     * Allows nested tags to set a property on the task object of this tag
     */
    public void setTaskProperty(String name, Object value) throws JellyTagException;
}