public TaskAdapter() 
{

}

No-arg constructor for reflection.

 public TaskAdapter(Object proxy) 
{
        this();
        setProxy(proxy);
}

Constructor for given proxy. So you could write easier code

myTaskContainer.addTask( new TaskAdapter(myProxy) );

Parameters:

proxy - The object which Ant should use as task.

 public  void checkProxyClass(Class proxyClass) 
{
        checkTaskClass(proxyClass, getProject());
}

Check if the proxy class is a valid class to use with this adapter. The class must have a public no-arg "execute()" method.

 public static  void checkTaskClass(Class taskClass,
    Project project) 
{
        if (!Dispatchable.class.isAssignableFrom(taskClass)) {
            // don't have to check for interface, since then
            // taskClass would be abstract too.
            try {
                final Method executeM = taskClass.getMethod("execute", (Class[]) null);
                // don't have to check for public, since
                // getMethod finds public method only.
                // don't have to check for abstract, since then
                // taskClass would be abstract too.
                if (!Void.TYPE.equals(executeM.getReturnType())) {
                    final String message = "return type of execute() should be "
                        + "void but was \"" + executeM.getReturnType() + "\" in "
                        + taskClass;
                    project.log(message, Project.MSG_WARN);
                }
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
                final String message = "No public execute() in " + taskClass;
                project.log(message, Project.MSG_ERR);
                throw new BuildException(message);
            } catch (LinkageError e) {
                String message = "Could not load " + taskClass + ": " + e;
                project.log(message, Project.MSG_ERR);
                throw new BuildException(message, e);
            }
        }
}

Checks whether or not a class is suitable to be adapted by TaskAdapter. If the class is of type Dispatchable, the check is not performed because the method that will be executed will be determined only at runtime of the actual task and not during parse time. This only checks conditions which are additionally required for tasks adapted by TaskAdapter. Thus, this method should be called by Project.checkTaskClass. Throws a BuildException and logs as Project.MSG_ERR for conditions that will cause the task execution to fail. Logs other suspicious conditions with Project.MSG_WARN.

 public  void execute() throws BuildException 
{
        try {
            Method setLocationM = proxy.getClass().getMethod(
                "setLocation", new Class[] {Location.class});
            if (setLocationM != null) {
                setLocationM.invoke(proxy, new Object[] {getLocation()});
            }
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            // ignore this if the class being used as a task does not have
            // a set location method.
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            log("Error setting location in " + proxy.getClass(),
                Project.MSG_ERR);
            throw new BuildException(ex);
        }
        try {
            Method setProjectM = proxy.getClass().getMethod(
                "setProject", new Class[] {Project.class});
            if (setProjectM != null) {
                setProjectM.invoke(proxy, new Object[] {getProject()});
            }
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            // ignore this if the class being used as a task does not have
            // a set project method.
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            log("Error setting project in " + proxy.getClass(),
                Project.MSG_ERR);
            throw new BuildException(ex);
        }
        try {
            DispatchUtils.execute(proxy);
        } catch (BuildException be) {
            throw be;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            log("Error in " + proxy.getClass(), Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
            throw new BuildException(ex);
        }
}

Executes the proxied task.

 public Object getProxy() 
{
        return proxy;
}

Returns the target object being proxied.

 public  void setProxy(Object o) 
{
        this.proxy = o;
}

Sets the target object to proxy for.