Author: scohen
Date: Tue Oct 31 18:04:27 2006
New Revision: 469751

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=469751
Log:
remove from documentation (and from comment in source code) the incorrect
statement that a message attribute or character data within the element is
required.

Modified:
    ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/echo.html
    ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java

Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/echo.html
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/echo.html?view=diff&rev=469751&r1=469750&r2=469751
==============================================================================
--- ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/echo.html (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/CoreTasks/echo.html Tue Oct 31 18:04:27 2006
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">message</td>
     <td valign="top">the message to echo.</td>
-    <td valign="top" align="center">Yes, unless data is included in a
-      character section within this element.</td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">No.  Text may also be included in a
+      character section within this element.  If neither is included a 
+      blank line will be emitted in the output.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">file</td>

Modified: ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java?view=diff&rev=469751&r1=469750&r2=469751
==============================================================================
--- ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Echo.java Tue Oct 31 
18:04:27 2006
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * @ant.task category="utility"
  */
 public class Echo extends Task {
-    protected String message = ""; // required
+    protected String message = "";
     protected File file = null;
     protected boolean append = false;
     /** encoding; set to null or empty means 'default' */



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