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+/*
+ * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+ *
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+ *
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+ *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *    distribution.
+ *
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+ *    any, must include the following acknowlegement:
+ *       "This product includes software developed by the
+ *        Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)."
+ *    Alternately, this acknowlegement may appear in the software itself,
+ *    if and wherever such third-party acknowlegements normally appear.
+ *
+ * 4. The names "The Jakarta Project", "Ant", and "Apache Software
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+ * ====================================================================
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+ */
+package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit;
+
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.formatter.Formatter;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.remote.TestRunner;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:sbailliez@apache.org">Stephane Bailliez</a>
+ */
+public class JUnitTask extends Task {
+
+    /** port to run the server on */
+    private int port = -1;
+
+    /** timeout period in ms */
+    private long timeout = -1;
+
+    /** formatters that write the tests results */
+    private Vector formatters = new Vector();
+
+    /** stop the test run if a failure occurs */
+    private boolean haltOnFailure = false;
+
+    /** stop the test run if an error occurs */
+    private boolean haltOnError = false;
+
+// task implementation
+
+    public void execute() throws BuildException {
+
+    }
+
+// Ant bean accessors
+
+    public void setPort(int port) {
+        this.port = port;
+    }
+
+    public void setTimeout(long timeout) {
+        this.timeout = timeout;
+    }
+
+    public void setHaltOnFailure(boolean haltOnFailure) {
+        this.haltOnFailure = haltOnFailure;
+    }
+
+    public void setHaltOnError(boolean haltOnError) {
+        this.haltOnError = haltOnError;
+    }
+
+    /** add a new formatter element */
+    public void addFormatter(FormatterElement fe){
+        Formatter f = fe.createFormatter();
+        this.formatters.addElement(f);
+    }
+}