Class: Rake::MultiTask

Relationships & Source Files
Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance
Class Chain: self, Task
Instance Chain: self, Task
Inherits:	Rake::Task Object Rake::Task Rake::MultiTask
Defined in:	lib/rake/multi_task.rb

Overview

Same as a regular task, but the immediate prerequisites are done in parallel using Ruby threads.

.[]	Return a task with the given name.
.clear	Clear the task list.
.create_rule	Define a rule for synthesizing tasks.
.define_task	Define a task given `args` and an option block.
.new	Create a task named `task_name` with no actions or prerequisites.
.scope_name	Apply the scope to the task name according to the rules for this kind of task.
.task_defined?	TRUE if the task name is already defined.
.tasks	List of all defined tasks.

#application	Application owning this task.
#comment	First line (or sentence) of all comments.
#sources,
#sources=	List of sources for task.
#actions	List of actions attached to a task.
#locations	File/Line locations of each of the task definitions for this task (only valid if the task was defined with the detect location option set).
#needed?	Is this task needed?
#prerequisites	List of prerequisites for a task.
#scope	Array of nested namespaces names used for task lookup by this task.

#add_description	Add a description to the task.
#all_prerequisite_tasks	List of all unique prerequisite tasks including prerequisite tasks' prerequisites.
#arg_names	Name of arguments for this task.
#clear	Clear the existing prerequisites and actions of a rake task.
#clear_actions	Clear the existing actions on a rake task.
#clear_comments	Clear the existing comments on a rake task.
#clear_prerequisites	Clear the existing prerequisites of a rake task.
#enhance	Enhance a task with prerequisites or actions.
#execute	Execute the actions associated with this task.
#full_comment	Full collection of comments.
#investigation	Return a string describing the internal state of a task.
#invoke	Invoke the task if it is needed.
#name	Name of the task, including any namespace qualifiers.
#prerequisite_tasks	List of prerequisite tasks.
#reenable	Reenable the task, allowing its tasks to be executed if the task is invoked again.
#set_arg_names	Set the names of the arguments for this task.
#source	First source from a rule (nil if no sources).
#timestamp	Timestamp for this task.
#to_s	Return task name.
#first_sentence	Get the first sentence in a string.
#format_trace_flags	Format the trace flags for display.
#transform_comments	Transform the list of comments as specified by the block and join with the separator.

This class inherits a constructor from Rake::Task