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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Vector;

import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
import org.apache.tools.ant.TaskContainer;
import org.apache.tools.ant.property.LocalProperties;

/**
 * Sequential is a container task - it can contain other Ant tasks. The nested
 * tasks are simply executed in sequence. Sequential's primary use is to support
 * the sequential execution of a subset of tasks within the {@link Parallel Parallel Task}

 * <p>
 * The sequential task has no attributes and does not support any nested
 * elements apart from Ant tasks. Any valid Ant task may be embedded within the
 * sequential task.</p>
 *
 * @since Ant 1.4
 * @ant.task category="control"
 */
public class Sequential extends Task implements TaskContainer {

    /** Optional Vector holding the nested tasks */
    private Vector nestedTasks = new Vector();

    /**
     * Add a nested task to Sequential.
     *
     * @param nestedTask  Nested task to execute Sequential
     */
    public void addTask(Task nestedTask) {
        nestedTasks.addElement(nestedTask);
    }

    /**
     * Execute all nestedTasks.
     *
     * @throws BuildException if one of the nested tasks fails.
     */
    public void execute() throws BuildException {
        LocalProperties localProperties
            = LocalProperties.get(getProject());
        localProperties.enterScope();
        try {
            for (Iterator i = nestedTasks.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
                Task nestedTask = (Task) i.next();
                nestedTask.perform();
            }
        } finally {
            localProperties.exitScope();
        }
    }
}
