org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class Touch

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Cloneable


    public class Touch
    extends Task
    Touch a file and/or fileset(s) and/or filelist(s); corresponds to the Unix touch command.

    If the file to touch doesn't exist, an empty one is created.

    Since:
    Ant 1.1
    • Field Detail

      • DEFAULT_DF_FACTORY

        public static final Touch.DateFormatFactory DEFAULT_DF_FACTORY
        Provides access to DateUtils.EN_US_DATE_FORMAT_MIN (primary) and DateUtils.EN_US_DATE_FORMAT_SEC (fallback).
    • Constructor Detail

      • Touch

        public Touch()
        Construct a new Touch task.
    • Method Detail

      • setFile

        public void setFile(java.io.File file)
        Sets a single source file to touch. If the file does not exist an empty file will be created.
        Parameters:
        file - the File to touch.
      • setMillis

        public void setMillis(long millis)
        Set the new modification time of file(s) touched in milliseconds since midnight Jan 1 1970. Optional, default=now.
        Parameters:
        millis - the long timestamp to use.
      • setDatetime

        public void setDatetime(java.lang.String dateTime)
        Set the new modification time of file(s) touched in the format "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM or PM" or "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM or PM". Optional, default=now.
        Parameters:
        dateTime - the String date in the specified format.
      • setMkdirs

        public void setMkdirs(boolean mkdirs)
        Set whether nonexistent parent directories should be created when touching new files.
        Parameters:
        mkdirs - boolean whether to create parent directories.
        Since:
        Ant 1.6.3
      • setVerbose

        public void setVerbose(boolean verbose)
        Set whether the touch task will report every file it creates; defaults to true.
        Parameters:
        verbose - boolean flag.
        Since:
        Ant 1.6.3
      • setPattern

        public void setPattern(java.lang.String pattern)
        Set the format of the datetime attribute.
        Parameters:
        pattern - the SimpleDateFormat-compatible format pattern.
        Since:
        Ant 1.6.3
      • addConfiguredMapper

        public void addConfiguredMapper(Mapper mapper)
        Add a Mapper.
        Parameters:
        mapper - the Mapper to add.
        Since:
        Ant 1.6.3
      • add

        public void add(FileNameMapper fileNameMapper)
                 throws BuildException
        Add a FileNameMapper.
        Parameters:
        fileNameMapper - the FileNameMapper to add.
        Throws:
        BuildException - if multiple mappers are added.
        Since:
        Ant 1.6.3
      • addFileset

        public void addFileset(FileSet set)
        Add a set of files to touch.
        Parameters:
        set - the Fileset to add.
      • addFilelist

        public void addFilelist(FileList list)
        Add a filelist to touch.
        Parameters:
        list - the Filelist to add.
      • add

        public void add(ResourceCollection rc)
        Add a collection of resources to touch.
        Parameters:
        rc - the collection to add.
        Since:
        Ant 1.7
      • checkConfiguration

        protected void checkConfiguration()
                                   throws BuildException
        Check that this task has been configured properly.
        Throws:
        BuildException - if configuration errors are detected.
        Since:
        Ant 1.6.3
      • touch

        protected void touch()
                      throws BuildException
        Does the actual work; assumes everything has been checked by now.
        Throws:
        BuildException - if an error occurs.
      • touch

        protected void touch(java.io.File file)
        Deprecated. since 1.6.x.
        Touch a single file with the current timestamp (this.millis). This method does not interact with any nested mappers and remains for reasons of backwards-compatibility only.
        Parameters:
        file - file to touch
        Throws:
        BuildException - on error