Class UniqFilter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

org.apache.tools.ant.filters.UniqFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, ChainableReader, TokenFilter.Filter

public class UniqFilter
extends TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

Like the Unix uniq(1) command, only returns tokens that are different from their ancestor token.

This filter is probably most useful if used together with a sortfilter.

Since:

Ant 1.8.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ProjectComponent

description, location, project

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected String	description	Deprecated. since 1.6.x.
protected Location	location	Deprecated. since 1.6.x.
protected Project	project	Deprecated. since 1.6.x.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UniqFilter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	filter(String string)	filter and/of modify a string

Methods inherited from class TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

chain, setByLine

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Reader	chain(Reader reader)	Chain a tokenfilter reader to a reader,
void	setByLine(boolean byLine)	set whether to use filetokenizer or line tokenizer

Methods inherited from class ProjectComponent

clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	clone()
String	getDescription()	Returns the description of the current action.
Location	getLocation()	Returns the file/location where this task was defined.
Project	getProject()	Returns the project to which this component belongs.
void	log(String msg)	Logs a message with the default (INFO) priority.
void	log(String msg, int msgLevel)	Logs a message with the given priority.
void	setDescription(String desc)	Sets a description of the current action.
void	setLocation(Location location)	Sets the file/location where this task was defined.
void	setProject(Project project)	Sets the project object of this component.

Methods inherited from class Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

UniqFilter

public UniqFilter()

Method Details

filter

public String filter(String string)

Description copied from interface: TokenFilter.Filter

filter and/of modify a string

Parameters:

string - the string to filter

Returns:

the modified string or null if the string did not pass the filter