## 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
`Description()`

Method Summary
`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.