Concat.TextElement (Apache Ant API)
Date: 2018-07-10

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

## Class Concat.TextElement

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
  - - org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Concat.TextElement

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Cloneable
  Enclosing class:
    Concat

      public static class Concat.TextElement
      extends ProjectComponent

  sub element points to a file or contains text

- - ### Field Summary

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

      `description, location, project`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `TextElement()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `addText(java.lang.String value)` set the text using inline
    `java.lang.String` | `getValue()`
    `void` | `setEncoding(java.lang.String encoding)` The encoding of the text element
    `void` | `setFile(java.io.File file)` set the text using a file
    `void` | `setFiltering(boolean filtering)` whether to filter the text in this element or not.
    `void` | `setTrim(boolean trim)` whether to call text.trim()
    `void` | `setTrimLeading(boolean strip)` s:^\s*:: on each line of input

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

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

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### TextElement

          public TextElement()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### setFiltering

          public void setFiltering(boolean filtering)

      whether to filter the text in this element or not.
      Parameters:
        `filtering` - true if the text should be filtered. the default value is true.

    - #### setEncoding

          public void setEncoding(java.lang.String encoding)

      The encoding of the text element
      Parameters:
        `encoding` - the name of the charset used to encode

    - #### setFile

          public void setFile(java.io.File file)
                       throws BuildException

      set the text using a file
      Parameters:
        `file` - the file to use
      Throws:
        `BuildException` - if the file does not exist, or cannot be read

    - #### addText

          public void addText(java.lang.String value)

      set the text using inline
      Parameters:
        `value` - the text to place inline

    - #### setTrimLeading

          public void setTrimLeading(boolean strip)

      s:^\s*:: on each line of input
      Parameters:
        `strip` - if true do the trim

    - #### setTrim

          public void setTrim(boolean trim)

      whether to call text.trim()
      Parameters:
        `trim` - if true trim the text

    - #### getValue

          public java.lang.String getValue()

      Returns:
        the text, after possible trimming