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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Ant-Contrib project.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package net.sf.antcontrib.logic;
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Exit;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Reference;
+
+/**
+ * Extension of <code>&lt;fail&gt;</code> that can throw an exception
+ * that is a reference in the project.
+ *
+ * <p>This may be useful inside the <code>&lt;catch&gt;</code> block
+ * of a <code>&lt;trycatch&gt;</code> task if you want to rethrow the
+ * exception just caught.</p>
+ */
+public class Throw extends Exit {
+
+    private Reference ref;
+
+    /**
+     * The reference that points to a BuildException.
+     */
+    public void setRefid(Reference ref) {
+        this.ref = ref;
+    }
+
+    public void execute() throws BuildException {
+        Object reffed = ref != null 
+            ? ref.getReferencedObject(getProject())
+            : null;
+        if (reffed != null && reffed instanceof BuildException) {
+            throw (BuildException) reffed;
+        }
+        super.execute();
+    }
+}