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<h2>Starteam</h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
Checks out files from a StarTeam project.
<p>
The <i>includes</i> and <i>excludes</i> attributes function differently from
other tasks in Ant. Multiple patterns must be separated by spaces, not
commas. See the examples for more information.</p>
<p>
This program makes use of functions from the StarTeam API. As a result
this task is only available to licensed users of StarTeam. You must have
<CODE>starteam-sdk.jar</CODE> in your classpath to run this task.
For more information about the StarTeam API and how to license it, see
the <a href="http://www.starbase.com">StarBase</a> web site.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">servername</td>
<td valign="top">The name of the StarTeam server.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">serverport</td>
<td valign="top">The port number of the StarTeam server.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">projectname</td>
<td valign="top">The name of the StarTeam project.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">viewname</td>
<td valign="top">The name of the view in the StarTeam project.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">username</td>
<td valign="top">The username of the account used to log in to the StarTeam server.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">password</td>
<td valign="top">The password of the account used to log in to the StarTeam server.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">targetfolder</td>
<td valign="top">The folder to which files are checked out. What this precisely means is determined by the <i>targetFolderAbsolute</i> param.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">yes</td>
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<td valign="top">targetFolderAbsolute</td>
<td valign="top">Determines how <i>targetfolder</i> is interpreted, that is, whether the StarTeam "default folder" for the project is factored in (false) or whether <i>targetFolder</i> is a complete mapping to <i>foldername</i> (true).
If "true", the target tree will be rooted at <i>targetfolder+"default folder"</i>. If false, the target tree will be rooted at <i>targetfolder</i>. Defaults to "false". </td>
<td align="center" valign="top">no</td>
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<td valign="top">foldername</td>
<td valign="top">The subfolder in the project from which to check out files.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">no</td>
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<td valign="top">force</td>
<td valign="top">Overwrite existing folders if this is set to "true". Defaults to "false".</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">no</td>
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<td valign="top">recursion</td>
<td valign="top">Indicates if subfolders should be searched for files to check out. Defaults to "true".</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">no</td>
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<td valign="top">verbose</td>
<td valign="top">Provides progress information. Defaults to "false".</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">no</td>
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<td valign="top">includes</td>
<td valign="top">Only check out files that match at least one of the patterns in this list. Patterns must be separated by spaces. Patterns in <i>excludes</i> take precedence over patterns in <i>includes</i>.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">no</td>
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<td valign="top">excludes</td>
<td valign="top">Do not check out files that match at least one of the patterns in this list. Patterns must be separated by spaces. Patterns in <i>excludes</i> take precedence over patterns in <i>includes</i>.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">no</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre>
<starteam servername="STARTEAM"
serverport="49201"
projectname="AProject"
viewname="AView"
username="auser"
password="secret"
targetfolder="C:\dev\buildtest\co"
/>
</pre>
The minimum necessary to check out files out from a StarTeam server. This will
check out all files in the <i>AView</i> view of the <i>AProject</i> project to
<code>C:\dev\buildtest\co</code>.
<pre>
<starteam servername="STARTEAM"
serverport="49201"
projectname="AProject"
viewname="AView"
username="auser"
password="secret"
targetfolder="C:\dev\buildtest\co"
foldername="\Dev"
excludes="*.bak *.old"
force="true"
/>
</pre>
This will checkout all files from the <i>Dev</i> folder and below that do not
end in <i>.bak</i> or <i>.old</i>. The force flag will cause any existing files to be
overwritten by the version in StarTeam.
<pre>
<starteam servername="STARTEAM"
serverport="49201"
projectname="AProject"
viewname="AView"
username="auser"
password="secret"
targetfolder="C:\dev\buildtest\co"
includes="*.htm *.html"
excludes="index.*"
/>
</pre>
This is an example of overlapping <i>includes</i> and <i>excludes</i> attributes. Because
<i>excludes</i> takes precedence over <i>includes</i>, files named <code>index.html</code> will
not be checked out by this command.
<pre>
<starteam servername="STARTEAM"
serverport="49201"
projectname="AProject"
foldername="src/java"
viewname="AView"
username="auser"
password="secret"
targetfolder="C:\dev\buildtest\co"
targetfolderabsolute="true"
/>
</pre>
<br></br>
<pre>
<starteam servername="STARTEAM"
serverport="49201"
projectname="AProject"
foldername="src/java"
viewname="AView"
username="auser"
password="secret"
targetfolder="C:\dev\buildtest\co"
targetfolderabsolute ="false"
/>
</pre>
<br></br>
<pre>
<starteam servername="STARTEAM"
serverport="49201"
projectname="AProject"
foldername="src/java"
viewname="AView"
username="auser"
password="secret"
targetfolder="C:\dev\buildtest\co\src\java"
targetfolderabsolute="true"
/>
</pre>
In the preceding three examples, assuming that the AProject project has a default folder of
"AProject", the first example will check the files located in starteam under src/java out to a tree rooted at C:\dev\buildtest\co,
the second to a tree rooted at C:\dev\buildtest\co\AProject\src\java and the third to a tree rooted at C:\dev\buildtest\co\src\java.
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