Description (Apache Ant API)

org.apache.tools.ant.types

## Class Description

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
  - - org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType
    - - org.apache.tools.ant.types.Description

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Cloneable

      public class Description
      extends DataType

  Description is used to provide a project-wide description element (that is, a description that applies to a buildfile as a whole). If present, the <description> element is printed out before the target descriptions. Description has no attributes, only text. There can only be one project description per project. A second description element will overwrite the first.

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType

      `checked, ref`

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

      `description, location, project`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `Description()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `addText(java.lang.String text)` Adds descriptive text to the project.
    `static java.lang.String` | `getDescription(Project project)` Return the descriptions from all the targets of a project.

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType

      `checkAttributesAllowed, checkChildrenAllowed, circularReference, clone, dieOnCircularReference, dieOnCircularReference, dieOnCircularReference, getCheckedRef, getCheckedRef, getCheckedRef, getCheckedRef, getDataTypeName, getRefid, invokeCircularReferenceCheck, isChecked, isReference, noChildrenAllowed, pushAndInvokeCircularReferenceCheck, setChecked, setRefid, tooManyAttributes, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

      `getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Description

          public Description()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### addText

          public void addText(java.lang.String text)

      Adds descriptive text to the project.
      Parameters:
        `text` - the descriptive text

    - #### getDescription

          public static java.lang.String getDescription(Project project)

      Return the descriptions from all the targets of a project.
      Parameters:
        `project` - the project to get the descriptions for.
      Returns:
        a string containing the concatenated descriptions of the targets.