diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java
index 6c0cf6c38..6f64b4630 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java
@@ -63,13 +63,23 @@ import java.net.*;
  * @author costin@dnt.ro
  */
 public class Echo extends Task {
-    String message; // required
+    private String message; // required
     
+    /**
+     * Does the work.
+     *
+     * @exception BuildException if someting goes wrong with the build
+     */
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
 	System.out.println(message);
     }
 
-    public void setMessage(String d) {
-	this.message=d;
+    /**
+     * Sets the message variable.
+     *
+     * @param msg Sets the value for the message variable.
+     */
+    public void setMessage(String msg) {
+	this.message = msg;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
index 51fe4b2b8..b354ce9aa 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java
@@ -63,9 +63,14 @@ import java.util.zip.*;
  * @author costin@dnt.ro
  */
 public class Expand extends Task {
-    String dest; // req
-    String source; // req
+    private String dest; // req
+    private String source; // req
     
+    /**
+     * Do the work.
+     *
+     * @exception BuildException Thrown in unrecoverable error.
+     */
     // XXX move it to util or tools
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
 	try {
@@ -108,10 +113,21 @@ public class Expand extends Task {
 	}
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the destination directory. File will be unzipped into the
+     * destination directory.
+     *
+     * @param d Path to the directory.
+     */
     public void setDest(String d) {
 	this.dest=d;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the path to zip-file.
+     *
+     * @param s Path to zip-file.
+     */
     public void setSrc(String s) {
 	this.source = s;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
index 0a53b75a6..5a20bb2cc 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Get.java
@@ -63,24 +63,36 @@ import java.net.*;
  * @author costin@dnt.ro
  */
 public class Get extends Task {
-    String source; // required
-    String dest; // required
-    String verbose;
+    private String source; // required
+    private String dest; // required
+    private String verbose = "";
     
+    /**
+     * Does the work.
+     *
+     * @exception BuildException Thrown in unrecovrable error.
+     */
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
 	try {
-	    URL url=new URL( source );
+            URL url = null;
+            try {
+                url = new URL(source);
+            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                throw new BuildException(e.toString());
+            }
+
 	    project.log("Getting: " + source);
+
 	    File destF=new File(dest);
 	    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destF);
 
-	    InputStream is=url.openStream();
+	    InputStream is = url.openStream();
 	    byte[] buffer = new byte[100 * 1024];
 	    int length;
 	    
 	    while ((length = is.read(buffer)) >= 0) {
 		fos.write(buffer, 0, length);
-		if( "true".equals(verbose)) System.out.print(".");
+		if ("true".equals(verbose)) System.out.print(".");
 	    }
 	    if( "true".equals(verbose)) System.out.println();
 	    fos.close();
@@ -91,15 +103,30 @@ public class Get extends Task {
 	}
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the URL.
+     *
+     * @param d URL for the file.
+     */
     public void setSrc(String d) {
 	this.source=d;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Where to copy the source file.
+     *
+     * @param dest Path to file.
+     */
     public void setDest(String dest) {
 	this.dest = dest;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Be verbose, if set to "<CODE>true</CODE>".
+     *
+     * @param v if "true" then be verbose
+     */
     public void setVerbose(String v) {
-	verbose=v;
+	verbose = v;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java
index 357b8dff7..134addb55 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java
@@ -63,18 +63,23 @@ import java.util.*;
  * @author costin@dnt.ro
  */
 public class Property extends Task {
-    String name;
-    String value;
-    String file;
-    String resource;
+    private String name;
+    private String value;
+    private String file;
+    private String resource;
 
-    // needs to be set at XML-reading time,
-    // no runtime action
+    /**
+     * Needs to be set at XML-reading time,
+     * no runtime action.
+     *
+     * @exception BuildException Thrown in unrecoverable error.
+     */
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
     }
 
     // XXX ugly - needs to be fixed
-    /** Called after each setter, will set the property at read-time
+    /**
+     * Called after each setter, will set the property at read-time
      */
     private void initTimeSetProperty()  {
 	try {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Taskdef.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Taskdef.java
index ad51bd812..d338bfcec 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Taskdef.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Taskdef.java
@@ -55,16 +55,15 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.*;
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.*;
+
 /**
  * Define a new task - name and class
  *
  * @author costin@dnt.ro
  */
 public class Taskdef extends Task {
-    String name;
-    String value;
+    private String name;
+    private String value;
     
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
 	try {
@@ -87,10 +86,10 @@ public class Taskdef extends Task {
     }
 
     public void setName( String name) {
-	this.name=name;
+	this.name = name;
     }
 
     public void setClass(String v) {
-	value=v;
+	value = v;
     }
 }