NAnt SDK Documentation - v0.92

Argument Members

Argument overview

Public Instance Constructors

Argument Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the Argument class.

Public Instance Properties

Directory The value for a directory-based command-line argument; will be replaced with the absolute path of the directory.
File The name of a file as a single command-line argument; will be replaced with the absolute filename of the file.
IfDefined Indicates if the argument should be passed to the external program. If true then the argument will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.
Line List of command-line arguments; will be passed to the executable as is.
Name (inherited from Element) Gets the name of the XML element used to initialize this element.
NamespaceManager (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the XmlNamespaceManager.
Parent (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the parent of the element.
Path The value for a PATH-like command-line argument; you can use : or ; as path separators and NAnt will convert it to the platform's local conventions, while resolving references to environment variables.
PathSet Sets a single command-line argument and treats it like a PATH - ensures the right separator for the local platform is used.
Project (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the Project to which this element belongs.
Properties (inherited from Element) Gets the properties local to this Element and the Project.
UnlessDefined Indicates if the argument should not be passed to the external program. If false then the argument will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.
Value A single command-line argument; can contain space characters.

Public Instance Methods

Equals (inherited from Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
GetHashCode (inherited from Object) Serves as a hash function for a particular type.
GetLocation (inherited from Element) Retrieves the location in the build file where the element is defined.
GetType (inherited from Object) Gets the Type of the current instance.
Initialize (inherited from Element)Overloaded. Performs default initialization.
Log (inherited from Element)Overloaded. Logs a message with the given priority.
ToString Returns the argument as a String.

Protected Instance Properties

CustomXmlProcessing (inherited from Element) Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
Location (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
XmlNode (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the XML node of the element.

Protected Instance Methods

CopyTo (inherited from Element) Copies all instance data of the Element to a given Element.
Finalize (inherited from Object) Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
GetAttributeConfigurationNode (inherited from Element)Overloaded. Locates the XML node for the specified attribute in the project configuration node.
Initialize (inherited from Element)Overloaded. Performs default initialization.
InitializeElement (inherited from Element)Obsolete. Derived classes should override to this method to provide extra initialization and validation not covered by the base class.
InitializeXml (inherited from Element) Initializes all build attributes and child elements.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

See Also

Argument Class | NAnt.Core.Types Namespace