diff --git a/proposal/mutant/build.xml b/proposal/mutant/build.xml
index fc20dc2e3..f0e03c32b 100644
--- a/proposal/mutant/build.xml
+++ b/proposal/mutant/build.xml
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="antlibs" depends="common">
-    <antcall target="build-lib" inheritall="false">
-      <param name="libset" value="io"/>
-    </antcall>
     <antcall target="build-lib" inheritall="false">
       <param name="libset" value="system"/>
     </antcall>
@@ -171,7 +168,24 @@
                 parampattern="[a-z].*"
                 staticpattern="[a-z].*"
                 ignoreCastWhitespace="true">
-      <fileset dir="${java.dir}" includes="**/*.java"/>
+      <fileset dir="${java.dir}">
+        <include name="**/*.java"/>
+        <exclude name="**/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java"/>
+        <exclude name="**/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.java"/>
+        <exclude name="**/org/apache/tools/ant/types/DataType.java"/>
+      </fileset>
+    </checkstyle>
+    <checkstyle maxlinelen="80"
+                memberpattern="[a-z].*"
+                parampattern="[a-z].*"
+                staticpattern="[a-z].*"
+                allowProtected="true"
+                ignoreCastWhitespace="true">
+      <fileset dir="${java.dir}">
+        <include name="**/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java"/>
+        <include name="**/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.java"/>
+        <include name="**/org/apache/tools/ant/types/DataType.java"/>
+      </fileset>
     </checkstyle>
   </target>
   
diff --git a/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionDataService.java b/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionDataService.java
index 9bd323952..727ea51f6 100644
--- a/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionDataService.java
+++ b/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionDataService.java
@@ -208,5 +208,15 @@ public class ExecutionDataService implements DataService {
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get all the properties from the frame and any references frames. This
+     * is an expensive operation since it must clone all of the property
+     * stores in all frames
+     *
+     * @return a Map containing the frames properties indexed by their full name.
+     */
+    public Map getAllProperties() {
+        return frame.getAllProperties();
+    }         
 }
 
diff --git a/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionFrame.java b/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionFrame.java
index 9bfc072a3..fd2e7e8a0 100755
--- a/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionFrame.java
+++ b/proposal/mutant/src/java/antcore/org/apache/ant/antcore/execution/ExecutionFrame.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public class ExecutionFrame {
         this.initConfig = initConfig;
 
         configureServices();
-        
+
         antLibraries = new HashMap(standardLibs);
 
         try {
@@ -276,6 +276,33 @@ public class ExecutionFrame {
         return project;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Get all the properties from the frame and any references frames. This
+     * is an expensive operation since it must clone all of the property
+     * stores in all frames
+     *
+     * @return a Map containing the frames properties indexed by their full name.
+     */
+    public Map getAllProperties() {
+        Map allProperties = new HashMap(dataValues);
+        Iterator i = referencedFrames.keySet().iterator(); 
+        while (i.hasNext()) {
+            String refName = (String)i.next();
+            ExecutionFrame refFrame = getReferencedFrame(refName);
+            Map refProperties = refFrame.getAllProperties();
+            Iterator j = refProperties.keySet().iterator();
+            while (j.hasNext()) {
+                String name = (String)j.next();
+                Object value = refProperties.get(name);
+                allProperties.put(refName + Project.REF_DELIMITER + name,
+                    value);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return allProperties;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Log a message as a build event
      *
diff --git a/proposal/mutant/src/java/antlibs/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/proposal/mutant/src/java/antlibs/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index 41c99b91f..621df2769 100644
--- a/proposal/mutant/src/java/antlibs/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/proposal/mutant/src/java/antlibs/ant1compat/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.apache.ant.common.antlib.AntContext;
 import org.apache.ant.common.service.DataService;
 import org.apache.ant.common.service.FileService;
@@ -618,5 +621,49 @@ public class Project {
             throw new BuildException(e);
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * get a copy of the property hashtable
+     * @return the hashtable containing all properties, user included
+     */
+    public Hashtable getProperties() {
+        Map properties = dataService.getAllProperties();
+        Hashtable result = new Hashtable();
+        for (Iterator i = properties.keySet().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
+            String name = (String)i.next();
+            Object value = properties.get(name);
+            if (value instanceof String) {
+                result.put(name, value);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * get a copy of the property hashtable
+     * @return the hashtable containing all properties, user included
+     */
+    public Hashtable getUserProperties() {
+        return getProperties();
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get all references in the project
+     * @return the hashtable containing all references
+     */
+    public Hashtable getReferences() {
+        Map properties = dataService.getAllProperties();
+        Hashtable result = new Hashtable();
+        for (Iterator i = properties.keySet().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
+            String name = (String)i.next();
+            Object value = properties.get(name);
+            if (!(value instanceof String)) {
+                result.put(name, value);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return result;
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/proposal/mutant/src/java/common/org/apache/ant/common/service/DataService.java b/proposal/mutant/src/java/common/org/apache/ant/common/service/DataService.java
index 9f02cdb6e..681031702 100644
--- a/proposal/mutant/src/java/common/org/apache/ant/common/service/DataService.java
+++ b/proposal/mutant/src/java/common/org/apache/ant/common/service/DataService.java
@@ -128,5 +128,14 @@ public interface DataService {
     String replacePropertyRefs(String value, Map replacementValues)
          throws ExecutionException;
 
+    /**
+     * Get all the properties from the frame and any references frames. This
+     * is an expensive operation since it must clone all of the property
+     * stores in all frames
+     *
+     * @return a Map containing the frames properties indexed by their full name.
+     */
+    Map getAllProperties();         
+         
 }