Task Name | Description |
Available | Sets a property if a specified file, directory, class in the classpath, or JVM system resource is available at runtime. |
Basename | Sets a property to the last element of a specified path. |
BuildNumber | Task that can be used to track build numbers. |
Condition | Sets a property if a certain condition holds true - this is a generalization of Available and Uptodate. |
Dirname | Sets a property to the value of the specified file up to, but not including, the last path element. |
Echoproperties | Lists the current properties. |
LoadFile | Loads a file into a property. |
LoadProperties | Load a file's contents as Ant properties. This task is equivalent to using <property file="..."/> except that it supports nested <filterchain> elements, and it cannot be specified outside a target. |
PathConvert | Converts a nested path, path reference, filelist reference, or fileset reference to the form usable on a specified platform and/or to a list of items separated by the specified separator and stores the result in the specified property. |
Property | Sets a property (by name and value), or set of properties (from a file or resource) in the project. |
PropertyFile | Creates or modifies property files. Useful when wanting to make unattended modifications to configuration files for application servers and applications. Typically used for things such as automatically generating a build number and saving it to a build properties file, or doing date manipulation. |
Uptodate | Sets a property if a given target file is newer than a set of source files. |
XmlProperty | Loads property values from a valid XML file. |