Package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class Nice

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

org.apache.tools.ant.Task

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Nice

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class Nice
extends Task

A task to provide "nice-ness" to the current thread, and/or to query the current value. Examples:

 <nice currentPriority="current.value" >

Set currentPriority to the current priority

 <nice newPriority="10" >

Raise the priority of the build process (But not forked programs)

 <nice currentPriority="old" newPriority="3" >

Lower the priority of the build process (But not forked programs), and save the old value to the property old.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task

target, taskName, taskType, wrapper

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

description, location, project

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Nice()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	execute()	Execute the task
void	setCurrentPriority(java.lang.String currentPriority)	The name of a property to set to the value of the current thread priority.
void	setNewPriority(int newPriority)	the new priority, in the range 1-10.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task

bindToOwner, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Nice

public Nice()

Method Details

execute

public void execute() throws BuildException

Execute the task

Overrides:

execute in class Task

Throws:

BuildException - if something goes wrong with the build

setCurrentPriority

public void setCurrentPriority(java.lang.String currentPriority)

The name of a property to set to the value of the current thread priority. Optional

Parameters:

currentPriority - the property name.

setNewPriority

public void setNewPriority(int newPriority)

the new priority, in the range 1-10.

Parameters:

newPriority - the new priority value.