LoadResource (Apache Ant API)
Date: 2016-08-23

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

## Class LoadResource

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
  - - org.apache.tools.ant.Task
    - - org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.LoadResource

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Cloneable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    LoadFile

      public class LoadResource
      extends Task

  Load a resource into a property
  Since:
    Ant 1.7

- - ### 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 and Description
    `LoadResource()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `addConfigured(ResourceCollection a)` Set the source resource.
    `void` | `addFilterChain(FilterChain filter)` Add the FilterChain element.
    `void` | `execute()` read in a source file to a property
    `void` | `setEncoding(java.lang.String encoding)` Encoding to use for input, defaults to the platform's default encoding.
    `void` | `setFailonerror(boolean fail)` If true, fail on load error.
    `void` | `setProperty(java.lang.String property)` Property name to save to.
    `void` | `setQuiet(boolean quiet)` If true, suppress the load error report and set the the failonerror value to false.

    - ### 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 Detail

    - #### LoadResource

          public LoadResource()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### setEncoding

          public final void setEncoding(java.lang.String encoding)

      Encoding to use for input, defaults to the platform's default encoding.

      For a list of possible values see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html .

      Parameters:
        `encoding` - The new Encoding value

    - #### setProperty

          public final void setProperty(java.lang.String property)

      Property name to save to.
      Parameters:
        `property` - The new Property value

    - #### setFailonerror

          public final void setFailonerror(boolean fail)

      If true, fail on load error.
      Parameters:
        `fail` - The new Failonerror value

    - #### setQuiet

          public void setQuiet(boolean quiet)

      If true, suppress the load error report and set the the failonerror value to false.
      Parameters:
        `quiet` - The new Quiet value

    - #### execute

          public final void execute()
                             throws BuildException

      read in a source file to a property
      Overrides:
        `execute` in class `Task`
      Throws:
        `BuildException` - if something goes wrong with the build

    - #### addFilterChain

          public final void addFilterChain(FilterChain filter)

      Add the FilterChain element.
      Parameters:
        `filter` - the filter to add

    - #### addConfigured

          public void addConfigured(ResourceCollection a)

      Set the source resource.
      Parameters:
        `a` - the resource to load as a single element Resource collection.