Description: Allows plug-ins to define arbitrary Ant datatypes for use by the Ant infrastructure. The standard Ant infrastructure allows for the addition of arbitrary datatypes. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the Ant Core plug-in would have the classes required by these datatypes on its classpath (or that of any of its prerequisites). To address this, clients should define an extension which plugs into this extension-point and maps a datatype name onto a class. The Ant plug-in can then request that the declaring plug-in load the specified class.
Configuration Markup:
<!ELEMENT extension (antType*)>
<!ATTLIST extension
point CDATA #REQUIRED
id CDATA #IMPLIED
name CDATA #IMPLIED
>
<!ELEMENT antType EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST antType
name CDATA #REQUIRED
class CDATA #REQUIRED
library CDATA #REQUIRED
headless CDATA #IMPLIED
>
<extension point="org.eclipse.ant.core.antTypes"> <antType name="coolType" class="com.example.CoolType"/> </extension>