diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCRLF.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCRLF.java
index ef65a4374..118c7329e 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCRLF.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCRLF.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 
 public class FixCRLF extends MatchingTask implements ChainableReader {
 
-    private static final String ERROR_FILE_AND_SRCDIR
+    public static final String ERROR_FILE_AND_SRCDIR
         = "srcdir and file are mutually exclusive";
 
     private static final FileUtils FILE_UTILS = FileUtils.getFileUtils();
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/IsReachable.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/IsReachable.java
index 099f56390..fed499467 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/IsReachable.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/IsReachable.java
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ public class IsReachable extends ProjectComponent implements Condition {
     /**
      * Error when no hostname is defined
      */
-    private static final String ERROR_NO_HOSTNAME = "No hostname defined";
+    public static final String ERROR_NO_HOSTNAME = "No hostname defined";
     /**
      * Error when invalid timeout value is defined
      */
-    private static final String ERROR_BAD_TIMEOUT = "Invalid timeout value";
+    public static final String ERROR_BAD_TIMEOUT = "Invalid timeout value";
     /**
      * Unknown host message is seen.
      */
@@ -77,14 +77,19 @@ public class IsReachable extends ProjectComponent implements Condition {
     /**
      * Network error message is seen.
      */
-    private static final String ERROR_ON_NETWORK = "network error to ";
-    private static final String ERROR_BOTH_TARGETS
+    public static final String ERROR_ON_NETWORK = "network error to ";
+    /** Error message when url and host are specified. */
+    public static final String ERROR_BOTH_TARGETS
         = "Both url and host have been specified";
-    private static final String MSG_NO_REACHABLE_TEST
+    /** Error message when no reachably test avail. */
+    public static final String MSG_NO_REACHABLE_TEST
         = "cannot do a proper reachability test on this Java version";
-    private static final String ERROR_BAD_URL = "Bad URL ";
-    private static final String ERROR_NO_HOST_IN_URL = "No hostname in URL ";
-    private static final String METHOD_NAME = "isReachable";
+    /** Error message when an invalid url is used. */
+    public static final String ERROR_BAD_URL = "Bad URL ";
+    /** Error message when no hostname in url. */
+    public static final String ERROR_NO_HOST_IN_URL = "No hostname in URL ";
+    /** The method name to look for in InetAddress */
+    public static final String METHOD_NAME = "isReachable";
 
     /**
      * Set the host to ping.
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/ParserSupports.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/ParserSupports.java
index 99a9a2f6c..5b41af31f 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/ParserSupports.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/ParserSupports.java
@@ -35,18 +35,26 @@ public class ParserSupports extends ProjectComponent implements Condition {
     private String feature;
     private String property;
     private String value;
-    private static final String ERROR_BOTH_ATTRIBUTES =
+    // Error messages
+    /** error - combined attributes not allowed */
+    public static final String ERROR_BOTH_ATTRIBUTES =
             "Property and feature attributes are exclusive";
-    private static final String FEATURE = "feature";
-    private static final String PROPERTY = "property";
+    /** feature */
+    public static final String FEATURE = "feature";
+    /** property */
+    public static final String PROPERTY = "property";
 
-    private static final String NOT_RECOGNIZED =
+    /** error - not recognized */
+    public static final String NOT_RECOGNIZED =
             " not recognized: ";
-    private static final String NOT_SUPPORTED =
+    /** error - not supported */
+    public static final String NOT_SUPPORTED =
             " not supported: ";
-    private static final String ERROR_NO_ATTRIBUTES =
+    /** error - missing attribute */
+    public static final String ERROR_NO_ATTRIBUTES =
         "Neither feature or property are set";
-    private static final String ERROR_NO_VALUE =
+    /** error - no value */
+    public static final String ERROR_NO_VALUE =
         "A value is needed when testing for property support";
 
     /**