BackportEnglish (Apache Tomcat 10.1.56 API Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.tomcat.buildutil.translate.BackportBase
- - org.apache.tomcat.buildutil.translate.BackportEnglish

```
public class BackportEnglish
extends BackportBase
```
Generates a set of English property files to back-port updates to a previous version. Where a key exists in the source and target versions the value is copied from the source to the target, overwriting the value in the target. The expectation is that the changes will be manually reviewed before committing them.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.apache.tomcat.buildutil.translate.BackportBase
  sourceEnglish, sourceTranslations, storageDir, targetEnglish, targetRoot, targetTranslations

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected BackportEnglish(java.lang.String[] args)
Constructs a BackportEnglish instance.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`execute()`	Executes the back-port operation.
`static void`	`main(java.lang.String... args)`	Entry point for the English back-port tool.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - BackportEnglish
```
protected BackportEnglish(java.lang.String[] args)
                   throws java.io.IOException
```
    Constructs a BackportEnglish instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - command line arguments; a single argument specifying the target directory
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs
- Method Detail
  - main
```
public static void main(java.lang.String... args)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Entry point for the English back-port tool.
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - command line arguments; a single argument specifying the target directory
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs
  - execute
```
protected void execute()
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Description copied from class: BackportBase
    
    Executes the back-port operation.
    
    Specified by:
    
    execute in class BackportBase
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs