Chainable reader

<patch>

An ANT filter which modifies the data by applying a patch file.

Attribute Summary

Attributes

Name	Description
condition="..."	Configures a condition that must evaluate to true before each DIFF hunk is applied.
patchFile="..."	The file that contains the DIFF document that is to be applied to the input.
patchFileEncoding="..."	The encoding of the patch file; defaults to the platform default encoding.

Attribute Detail

Default values are underlined.

patchFile="value"

The file that contains the DIFF document that is to be applied to the input.

A DIFF document generally contains differentials for one or more files. Each differential comprises a sequence of "hunks" in "traditional diff", "context diff" or "unified diff" format.

If the DIFF document describes more than on differential, then all but the first differential are ignored. The file name information in the differential is also ignored.

patchFileEncoding="value"

The encoding of the patch file; defaults to the platform default encoding.

condition="condition"

Configures a condition that must evaluate to true before each DIFF hunk is applied.