antliscence/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ComponentHelper.java

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package org.apache.tools.ant;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Stack;

import java.util.Vector;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Typedef;
import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Definer;
import org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher;

/**
 * Component creation and configuration.
 *
 * The class is based around handing component
 * definitions in an AntTypeTable.
 *
 * The old task/type methods have been kept
 * for backward compatibly.
 * Project will just delegate its calls to this class.
 *
 * A very simple hook mechanism is provided that allows users to plug
 * in custom code. It is also possible to replace the default behavior
 * ( for example in an app embedding ant )
 *
 * @since Ant1.6
 */
public class ComponentHelper  {
    /** Map from component name to anttypedefinition */
    private AntTypeTable antTypeTable;

    /** Map of tasks generated from antTypeTable */
    private Hashtable taskClassDefinitions = new Hashtable();
    /** flag to rebuild taskClassDefinitions */
    private boolean rebuildTaskClassDefinitions = true;

    /** Map of types generated from antTypeTable */
    private Hashtable typeClassDefinitions = new Hashtable();
    /** flag to rebuild typeClassDefinitions */
    private boolean rebuildTypeClassDefinitions = true;

    /** Set of namespaces that have been checked for antlibs */
    private Set checkedNamespaces = new HashSet();

    /**
     * Stack of antlib contexts used to resolve definitions while
     *   processing antlib
     */
    private Stack antLibStack = new Stack();
    /** current antlib uri */
    private String antLibCurrentUri = null;

    /**
     * Map from task names to vectors of created tasks
     * (String to Vector of Task). This is used to invalidate tasks if
     * the task definition changes.
     */
    private Hashtable createdTasks = new Hashtable();

    /**
     * this does not appear to be used anywhere in the Ant codebase
     * even via its accessors
     */
    private ComponentHelper next;

    /**
     * Project that owns a component helper
     */
    private Project project;

    /**
     * Error string when the file taskdefs/defaults.properties cannot be found
     */
    private static final String ERROR_NO_TASK_LIST_LOAD = "Can't load default task list";
    /**
     * Error string when the typedefs/defaults.properties cannot be found
     */
    private static final String ERROR_NO_TYPE_LIST_LOAD = "Can't load default type list";

    /**
     * reference under which we register ourselves with a project -{@value}
     */
    public static final String COMPONENT_HELPER_REFERENCE = "ant.ComponentHelper";

    /**
     * string used to control build.syspath policy {@value}
     */
    private static final String BUILD_SYSCLASSPATH_ONLY = "only";

    /**
     * special name of ant's property task -{@value}. There is some
     * contrived work here to enable this early.
     */
    private static final String ANT_PROPERTY_TASK = "property";

    /**
     * Find a project component for a specific project, creating
     * it if it does not exist.
     * @param project the project.
     * @return the project component for a specific project.
     */
    public static ComponentHelper getComponentHelper(Project project) {
        // Singleton for now, it may change ( per/classloader )
        ComponentHelper ph = (ComponentHelper) project.getReference(
                COMPONENT_HELPER_REFERENCE);
        if (ph != null) {
            return ph;
        }
        ph = new ComponentHelper();
        ph.setProject(project);

        project.addReference(COMPONENT_HELPER_REFERENCE, ph);
        return ph;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new ComponentHelper instance.
     */
    protected ComponentHelper() {
    }

    /**
     * Set the next chained component helper.
     *
     * @param next the next chained component helper.
     */
    public void setNext(ComponentHelper next) {
        this.next = next;
    }

    /**
     * Get the next chained component helper.
     *
     * @return the next chained component helper.
     */
    public ComponentHelper getNext() {
        return next;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the project for this component helper.
     *
     * @param project the project for this helper.
     */
    public void setProject(Project project) {
        this.project = project;
        antTypeTable = new AntTypeTable(project);
    }

    /**
     * Used with creating child projects. Each child
     * project inherits the component definitions
     * from its parent.
     * @param helper the component helper of the parent project.
     */
    public void initSubProject(ComponentHelper helper) {
        // add the types of the parent project
        AntTypeTable typeTable = helper.antTypeTable;
        for (Iterator i = typeTable.values().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
            AntTypeDefinition def = (AntTypeDefinition) i.next();
            antTypeTable.put(def.getName(), def);
        }
        // add the parsed namespaces of the parent project
        for (Iterator i = helper.checkedNamespaces.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
            checkedNamespaces.add(i.next());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Factory method to create the components.
     *
     * This should be called by UnknownElement.
     *
     * @param ue The Unknown Element creating this component.
     * @param ns Namespace URI. Also available as ue.getNamespace().
     * @param componentType The component type,
     *                       Also available as ue.getComponentName().
     * @return the created component.
     * @throws BuildException if an error occurs.
     */
    public Object createComponent(UnknownElement ue,
                                  String ns,
                                  String componentType)
        throws BuildException {
        Object component = createComponent(componentType);
        if (component instanceof Task) {
            Task task = (Task) component;
            task.setLocation(ue.getLocation());
            task.setTaskType(componentType);
            task.setTaskName(ue.getTaskName());
            task.setOwningTarget(ue.getOwningTarget());
            task.init();
            addCreatedTask(componentType, task);
        }
        return component;
    }

    /**
     * Create an object for a component.
     *
     * @param componentName the name of the component, if
     *                      the component is in a namespace, the
     *                      name is prefixed with the namespace uri and ":".
     * @return the class if found or null if not.
     */
    public Object createComponent(String componentName) {
        AntTypeDefinition def = getDefinition(componentName);
        return (def == null) ? null : def.create(project);
    }

    /**
     * Return the class of the component name.
     *
     * @param componentName the name of the component, if
     *                      the component is in a namespace, the
     *                      name is prefixed with the namespace uri and ":".
     * @return the class if found or null if not.
     */
    public Class getComponentClass(String componentName) {
        AntTypeDefinition def = getDefinition(componentName);
        return (def == null) ? null : def.getExposedClass(project);
    }

    /**
     * Return the antTypeDefinition for a componentName.
     * @param componentName the name of the component.
     * @return the ant definition or null if not present.
     */
    public AntTypeDefinition getDefinition(String componentName) {
        checkNamespace(componentName);
        return antTypeTable.getDefinition(componentName);
    }

    /**
     * This method is initialization code implementing the original ant component
     * loading from /org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/default.properties
     * and /org/apache/tools/ant/types/default.properties.
     */
    public void initDefaultDefinitions() {
        initTasks();
        initTypes();
    }

    /**
     * Adds a new task definition to the project.
     * Attempting to override an existing definition with an
     * equivalent one (i.e. with the same classname) results in
     * a verbose log message. Attempting to override an existing definition
     * with a different one results in a warning log message and
     * invalidates any tasks which have already been created with the
     * old definition.
     *
     * @param taskName The name of the task to add.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param taskClass The full name of the class implementing the task.
     *                  Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @exception BuildException if the class is unsuitable for being an Ant
     *                           task. An error level message is logged before
     *                           this exception is thrown.
     *
     * @see #checkTaskClass(Class)
     */
    public void addTaskDefinition(String taskName, Class taskClass) {
        checkTaskClass(taskClass);
        AntTypeDefinition def = new AntTypeDefinition();
        def.setName(taskName);
        def.setClassLoader(taskClass.getClassLoader());
        def.setClass(taskClass);
        def.setAdapterClass(TaskAdapter.class);
        def.setClassName(taskClass.getName());
        def.setAdaptToClass(Task.class);
        updateDataTypeDefinition(def);
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether or not a class is suitable for serving as Ant task.
     * Ant task implementation classes must be public, concrete, and have
     * a no-arg constructor.
     *
     * @param taskClass The class to be checked.
     *                  Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @exception BuildException if the class is unsuitable for being an Ant
     *                           task. An error level message is logged before
     *                           this exception is thrown.
     */
    public void checkTaskClass(final Class taskClass) throws BuildException {
        if (!Modifier.isPublic(taskClass.getModifiers())) {
            final String message = taskClass + " is not public";
            project.log(message, Project.MSG_ERR);
            throw new BuildException(message);
        }
        if (Modifier.isAbstract(taskClass.getModifiers())) {
            final String message = taskClass + " is abstract";
            project.log(message, Project.MSG_ERR);
            throw new BuildException(message);
        }
        try {
            taskClass.getConstructor((Class[]) null);
            // don't have to check for public, since
            // getConstructor finds public constructors only.
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            final String message = "No public no-arg constructor in "
                    + taskClass;
            project.log(message, Project.MSG_ERR);
            throw new BuildException(message);
        }
        if (!Task.class.isAssignableFrom(taskClass)) {
            TaskAdapter.checkTaskClass(taskClass, project);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current task definition hashtable. The returned hashtable is
     * "live" and so should not be modified.
     *
     * @return a map of from task name to implementing class
     *         (String to Class).
     */
    public Hashtable getTaskDefinitions() {
        synchronized (taskClassDefinitions) {
            synchronized (antTypeTable) {
                if (rebuildTaskClassDefinitions) {
                    taskClassDefinitions.clear();
                    for (Iterator i = antTypeTable.keySet().iterator();
                         i.hasNext();) {
                        String name = (String) i.next();
                        Class clazz = antTypeTable.getExposedClass(name);
                        if (clazz == null) {
                            continue;
                        }
                        if (Task.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
                            taskClassDefinitions.put(
                                name, antTypeTable.getTypeClass(name));
                        }
                    }
                    rebuildTaskClassDefinitions = false;
                }
            }
        }
        return taskClassDefinitions;
    }


    /**
     * Returns the current type definition hashtable. The returned hashtable is
     * "live" and so should not be modified.
     *
     * @return a map of from type name to implementing class
     *         (String to Class).
     */
    public Hashtable getDataTypeDefinitions() {
        synchronized (typeClassDefinitions) {
            synchronized (antTypeTable) {
                if (rebuildTypeClassDefinitions) {
                    typeClassDefinitions.clear();
                    for (Iterator i = antTypeTable.keySet().iterator();
                         i.hasNext();) {
                        String name = (String) i.next();
                        Class clazz = antTypeTable.getExposedClass(name);
                        if (clazz == null) {
                            continue;
                        }
                        if (!(Task.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz))) {
                            typeClassDefinitions.put(
                                name, antTypeTable.getTypeClass(name));
                        }
                    }
                    rebuildTypeClassDefinitions = false;
                }
            }
        }
        return typeClassDefinitions;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a new datatype definition.
     * Attempting to override an existing definition with an
     * equivalent one (i.e. with the same classname) results in
     * a verbose log message. Attempting to override an existing definition
     * with a different one results in a warning log message, but the
     * definition is changed.
     *
     * @param typeName The name of the datatype.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param typeClass The full name of the class implementing the datatype.
     *                  Must not be <code>null</code>.
     */
    public void addDataTypeDefinition(String typeName, Class typeClass) {
        AntTypeDefinition def = new AntTypeDefinition();
        def.setName(typeName);
        def.setClass(typeClass);
        updateDataTypeDefinition(def);
        project.log(" +User datatype: " + typeName + "     "
                + typeClass.getName(), Project.MSG_DEBUG);
    }

    /**
     * Describe <code>addDataTypeDefinition</code> method here.
     *
     * @param def an <code>AntTypeDefinition</code> value.
     */
    public void addDataTypeDefinition(AntTypeDefinition def) {
        updateDataTypeDefinition(def);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current datatype definition hashtable. The returned
     * hashtable is "live" and so should not be modified.
     *
     * @return a map of from datatype name to implementing class
     *         (String to Class).
     */
    public Hashtable getAntTypeTable() {
        return antTypeTable;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of a task, adding it to a list of
     * created tasks for later invalidation. This causes all tasks
     * to be remembered until the containing project is removed
     *
     *  Called from Project.createTask(), which can be called by tasks.
     *  The method should be deprecated, as it doesn't support ns and libs.
     *
     * @param taskType The name of the task to create an instance of.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @return an instance of the specified task, or <code>null</code> if
     *         the task name is not recognised.
     *
     * @exception BuildException if the task name is recognised but task
     *                           creation fails.
     */
    public Task createTask(String taskType) throws BuildException {
        Task task = createNewTask(taskType);
        if (task == null && taskType.equals(ANT_PROPERTY_TASK)) {
            // quick fix for Ant.java use of property before
            // initializing the project
            addTaskDefinition(ANT_PROPERTY_TASK,
                              org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Property.class);
            task = createNewTask(taskType);
        }
        if (task != null) {
            addCreatedTask(taskType, task);
        }
        return task;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of a task. This task is not
     * cached in the createdTasks list.
     * @since ant1.6
     * @param taskType The name of the task to create an instance of.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @return an instance of the specified task, or <code>null</code> if
     *         the task name is not recognised.
     *
     * @exception BuildException if the task name is recognised but task
     *                           creation fails.
     */
    private Task createNewTask(String taskType) throws BuildException {
        Class c = getComponentClass(taskType);
        if (c == null || !(Task.class.isAssignableFrom(c))) {
            return null;
        }
        Object _task = createComponent(taskType);
        if (_task == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (!(_task instanceof Task)) {
            throw new BuildException("Expected a Task from '" + taskType + "' but got an instance of " + _task.getClass().getName() + " instead");
        }
        Task task = (Task) _task;
        task.setTaskType(taskType);

        // set default value, can be changed by the user
        task.setTaskName(taskType);

        project.log("   +Task: " + taskType, Project.MSG_DEBUG);
        return task;
    }

    /**
     * Keeps a record of all tasks that have been created so that they
     * can be invalidated if a new task definition overrides the current one.
     *
     * @param type The name of the type of task which has been created.
     *             Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @param task The freshly created task instance.
     *             Must not be <code>null</code>.
     */
    private void addCreatedTask(String type, Task task) {
        synchronized (createdTasks) {
            Vector v = (Vector) createdTasks.get(type);
            if (v == null) {
                v = new Vector();
                createdTasks.put(type, v);
            }
            v.addElement(new WeakReference(task));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Mark tasks as invalid which no longer are of the correct type
     * for a given taskname.
     *
     * @param type The name of the type of task to invalidate.
     *             Must not be <code>null</code>.
     */
    private void invalidateCreatedTasks(String type) {
        synchronized (createdTasks) {
            Vector v = (Vector) createdTasks.get(type);
            if (v != null) {
                Enumeration taskEnum = v.elements();
                while (taskEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
                    WeakReference ref = (WeakReference) taskEnum.nextElement();
                    Task t = (Task) ref.get();
                    //being a weak ref, it may be null by this point
                    if (t != null) {
                        t.markInvalid();
                    }
                }
                v.removeAllElements();
                createdTasks.remove(type);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of a data type.
     *
     * @param typeName The name of the data type to create an instance of.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @return an instance of the specified data type, or <code>null</code> if
     *         the data type name is not recognised.
     *
     * @exception BuildException if the data type name is recognised but
     *                           instance creation fails.
     */
    public Object createDataType(String typeName) throws BuildException {
        return createComponent(typeName);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a description of the type of the given element.
     * <p>
     * This is useful for logging purposes.
     *
     * @param element The element to describe.
     *                Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @return a description of the element type.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    public String getElementName(Object element) {
        return getElementName(element, false);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a description of the type of the given element.
     * <p>
     * This is useful for logging purposes.
     *
     * @param element The element to describe.
     *                Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param brief   whether to use a brief description.
     * @return a description of the element type.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.7
     */
    public String getElementName(Object element, boolean brief) {
        //  PR: I do not know what to do if the object class
        //      has multiple defines
        //      but this is for logging only...
        String name = null;
        Class elementClass = element.getClass();
        for (Iterator i = antTypeTable.values().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
            AntTypeDefinition def = (AntTypeDefinition) i.next();
            if (elementClass == def.getExposedClass(project)) {
                name = def.getName();
                return brief ? name : "The <" + name + "> type";
            }
        }
        name = elementClass.getName();
        return brief
            ? name.substring(name.lastIndexOf('.') + 1) : "Class " + name;
    }

    /**
     * Check if definition is a valid definition--it may be a
     * definition of an optional task that does not exist.
     * @param def the definition to test.
     * @return true if exposed type of definition is present.
     */
    private boolean validDefinition(AntTypeDefinition def) {
        return !(def.getTypeClass(project) == null
            || def.getExposedClass(project) == null);
    }

    /**
     * Check if two definitions are the same.
     * @param def  the new definition.
     * @param old the old definition.
     * @return true if the two definitions are the same.
     */
    private boolean sameDefinition(
        AntTypeDefinition def, AntTypeDefinition old) {
        boolean defValid = validDefinition(def);
        boolean sameValidity = (defValid == validDefinition(old));
        //must have same validity; then if they are valid they must also be the same:
        return sameValidity && (!defValid || def.sameDefinition(old, project));
    }

    /**
     * Update the component definition table with a new or
     * modified definition.
     * @param def the definition to update or insert.
     */
    private void updateDataTypeDefinition(AntTypeDefinition def) {
        String name = def.getName();
        synchronized (antTypeTable) {
            rebuildTaskClassDefinitions = true;
            rebuildTypeClassDefinitions = true;
            AntTypeDefinition old = antTypeTable.getDefinition(name);
            if (old != null) {
                if (sameDefinition(def, old)) {
                    return;
                }
                Class oldClass = antTypeTable.getExposedClass(name);
                boolean isTask =
                    (oldClass != null && Task.class.isAssignableFrom(oldClass));
                project.log("Trying to override old definition of "
                    + (isTask ? "task " : "datatype ") + name,
                    (def.similarDefinition(old, project))
                    ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : Project.MSG_WARN);
                if (isTask) {
                    invalidateCreatedTasks(name);
                }
            }
            project.log(" +Datatype " + name + " " + def.getClassName(),
                        Project.MSG_DEBUG);
            antTypeTable.put(name, def);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Called at the start of processing an antlib.
     * @param uri the uri that is associated with this antlib.
     */
    public void enterAntLib(String uri) {
        antLibCurrentUri = uri;
        antLibStack.push(uri);
    }

    /**
     * @return the current antlib uri.
     */
    public String getCurrentAntlibUri() {
        return antLibCurrentUri;
    }

    /**
     * Called at the end of processing an antlib.
     */
    public void exitAntLib() {
        antLibStack.pop();
        antLibCurrentUri = (antLibStack.size() == 0)
            ? null : (String) antLibStack.peek();
    }

    /**
     * Load ant's tasks.
     */
    private void initTasks() {
        ClassLoader classLoader = null;
        classLoader = getClassLoader(classLoader);
        String dataDefs = MagicNames.TASKDEF_PROPERTIES_RESOURCE;

        InputStream in = null;
        try {
            Properties props = new Properties();
            in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(dataDefs);
            if (in == null) {
                throw new BuildException(ERROR_NO_TASK_LIST_LOAD);
            }
            props.load(in);

            Enumeration e = props.propertyNames();
            while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                String name = (String) e.nextElement();
                String className = props.getProperty(name);
                AntTypeDefinition def = new AntTypeDefinition();
                def.setName(name);
                def.setClassName(className);
                def.setClassLoader(classLoader);
                def.setAdaptToClass(Task.class);
                def.setAdapterClass(TaskAdapter.class);
                antTypeTable.put(name, def);
            }
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new BuildException(ERROR_NO_TASK_LIST_LOAD);
        } finally {
            if (in != null) {
                try {
                    in.close();
                } catch (Exception ignore) {
                    // Ignore
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private ClassLoader getClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
        String buildSysclasspath = project.getProperty(MagicNames.BUILD_SYSCLASSPATH);
        if (project.getCoreLoader() != null
            && !(BUILD_SYSCLASSPATH_ONLY.equals(buildSysclasspath))) {
            classLoader = project.getCoreLoader();
        }
        return classLoader;
    }

    /**
     * Load ant's datatypes.
     */
    private void initTypes() {
        ClassLoader classLoader = null;
        classLoader = getClassLoader(classLoader);
        String dataDefs = MagicNames.TYPEDEFS_PROPERTIES_RESOURCE;

        InputStream in = null;
        try {
            Properties props = new Properties();
            in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(dataDefs);
            if (in == null) {
                throw new BuildException(ERROR_NO_TYPE_LIST_LOAD);
            }
            props.load(in);

            Enumeration e = props.propertyNames();
            while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                String name = (String) e.nextElement();
                String className = props.getProperty(name);
                AntTypeDefinition def = new AntTypeDefinition();
                def.setName(name);
                def.setClassName(className);
                def.setClassLoader(classLoader);
                antTypeTable.put(name, def);
            }
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new BuildException(ERROR_NO_TYPE_LIST_LOAD);
        } finally {
            if (in != null) {
                try {
                    in.close();
                } catch (Exception ignore) {
                    // ignore
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Called for each component name, check if the
     * associated URI has been examined for antlibs.
     */
    private synchronized void checkNamespace(String componentName) {
        String uri = ProjectHelper.extractUriFromComponentName(componentName);
        if ("".equals(uri)) {
            uri = ProjectHelper.ANT_CORE_URI;
        }
        if (!uri.startsWith(ProjectHelper.ANTLIB_URI)) {
            return; // namespace that does not contain antlib
        }
        if (checkedNamespaces.contains(uri)) {
            return; // Already processed
        }
        checkedNamespaces.add(uri);
        Typedef definer = new Typedef();
        definer.setProject(project);
        definer.init();
        definer.setURI(uri);
        //there to stop error messages being "null"
        definer.setTaskName(uri);
        //if this is left out, bad things happen. like all build files break
        //on the first element encountered.
        definer.setResource(Definer.makeResourceFromURI(uri));
        // a fishing expedition :- ignore errors if antlib not present
        definer.setOnError(new Typedef.OnError(Typedef.OnError.POLICY_IGNORE));
        definer.execute();
    }

    /**
     * Handler called to do decent diagnosis on instantiation failure.
     * @param componentName component name.
     * @param type component type, used in error messages
     * @return a string containing as much diagnostics info as possible.
     */
    public String diagnoseCreationFailure(String componentName, String type) {
        StringWriter errorText = new StringWriter();
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(errorText);
        out.println("Problem: failed to create " + type + " " + componentName);
        //class of problem
        boolean lowlevel = false;
        boolean jars = false;
        boolean definitions = false;
        boolean antTask;
        String home = System.getProperty(Launcher.USER_HOMEDIR);
        File libDir = new File(home, Launcher.USER_LIBDIR);
        //look up the name
        AntTypeDefinition def = getDefinition(componentName);
        if (def == null) {
            //not a known type
            boolean isAntlib = componentName.indexOf(MagicNames.ANTLIB_PREFIX) == 0;
            out.println("Cause: The name is undefined.");
            out.println("Action: Check the spelling.");
            out.println("Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.");
            out.println("Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.");
            if (isAntlib) {
                out.println();
                out.println("This appears to be an antlib declaration. ");
                out.println("Action: Check that the implementing library exists "
                        + "in ANT_HOME/lib or in ");
                out.println("        " + libDir);
            }
            definitions = true;
        } else {
            //we are defined, so it is an instantiation problem
            final String classname = def.getClassName();
            antTask = classname.startsWith("org.apache.tools.ant.");
            boolean optional = classname.startsWith("org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional");
            optional |= classname.startsWith("org.apache.tools.ant.types.optional");

            //start with instantiating the class.
            Class clazz = null;
            try {
                clazz = def.innerGetTypeClass();
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                out.println("Cause: the class " + classname + " was not found.");
                jars = true;
                if (optional) {
                    out.println("        This looks like one of Ant's optional components.");
                    out.println("Action: Check that the appropriate optional JAR exists "
                            + "in ANT_HOME/lib or in ");
                    out.println("        " + libDir);
                } else {
                    out.println("Action: Check that the component has been correctly declared");
                    out.println("        and that the implementing JAR is in ANT_HOME/lib or in");
                    out.println("        " + libDir);
                    definitions = true;
                }
            } catch (NoClassDefFoundError ncdfe) {
                jars = true;
                out.println("Cause: Could not load a dependent class "
                        +  ncdfe.getMessage());
                if (optional) {
                    out.println("       It is not enough to have Ant's optional JAR, you need the JAR");
                    out.println("       files that it depends upon.");
                    out.println("Ant's optional task dependencies are listed in the manual.");
                } else {
                    out.println("       This class may be in a separate JAR that is not installed.");
                }
                out.println("Action: Determine what extra JAR files are needed, and place them");
                out.println("        in ANT_HOME/lib or");
                out.println("        in " + libDir);
            }
            //here we successfully loaded the class or failed.
            if (clazz != null) {
                //success: proceed with more steps
                try {
                    def.innerCreateAndSet(clazz, project);
                    //hey, there is nothing wrong with us
                    out.println("The component could be instantiated.");
                } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
                    lowlevel = true;
                    out.println("Cause: The class " + classname
                            + " has no compatible constructor.");

                } catch (InstantiationException e) {
                    lowlevel = true;
                    out.println("Cause: The class " + classname
                            + " is abstract and cannot be instantiated.");
                } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                    lowlevel = true;
                    out.println("Cause: The constructor for " + classname
                            + " is private and cannot be invoked.");
                } catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
                    lowlevel = true;
                    Throwable t = ex.getTargetException();
                    out.println("Cause: The constructor threw the exception");
                    out.println(t.toString());
                    t.printStackTrace(out);
                }  catch (NoClassDefFoundError ncdfe) {
                    jars = true;
                    out.println("Cause:  A class needed by class "
                            + classname + " cannot be found: ");
                    out.println("       " + ncdfe.getMessage());
                    out.println("Action: Determine what extra JAR files are needed, and place them");
                    out.println("        in ANT_HOME/lib or");
                    out.println("        in " + libDir);
                }
            }
            out.println();
            out.println("Do not panic, this is a common problem.");
            if (definitions) {
                out.println("It may just be a typographical error in the build file "
                        + "or the task/type declaration.");
            }
            if (jars) {
                out.println("The commonest cause is a missing JAR.");
            }
            if (lowlevel) {
                out.println("This is quite a low level problem, which may need "
                        + "consultation with the author of the task.");
                if (antTask) {
                    out.println("This may be the Ant team. Please file a "
                            + "defect or contact the developer team.");
                } else {
                    out.println("This does not appear to be a task bundled with Ant.");
                    out.println("Please take it up with the supplier of the third-party "
                            + type + ".");
                    out.println("If you have written it yourself, you probably have a bug to fix.");
                }
            } else {
                out.println();
                out.println("This is not an bug; it is a configuration problem");
            }
        }
        out.flush();
        out.close();
        return errorText.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Map that contains the component definitions.
     */
    private static class AntTypeTable extends Hashtable {
        private Project project;

        AntTypeTable(Project project) {
            this.project = project;
        }

        AntTypeDefinition getDefinition(String key) {
            return (AntTypeDefinition) (super.get(key));
        }

        public Object get(Object key) {
            return getTypeClass((String) key);
        }

        Object create(String name) {
            AntTypeDefinition def = getDefinition(name);
            return (def == null) ? null : def.create(project);
        }

        Class getTypeClass(String name) {
            AntTypeDefinition def = getDefinition(name);
            return (def == null) ? null : def.getTypeClass(project);
        }

        Class getExposedClass(String name) {
            AntTypeDefinition def = getDefinition(name);
            return (def == null) ? null : def.getExposedClass(project);
        }

        public boolean contains(Object clazz) {
            boolean found = false;
            if (clazz instanceof Class) {
                for (Iterator i = values().iterator(); i.hasNext() && !found;) {
                    found |= (((AntTypeDefinition) (i.next())).getExposedClass(
                        project) == clazz);
                }
            }
            return found;
        }

        public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
            return contains(value);
        }
    }

}