Adds a local property to the current scope. Property scopes exist at Ant's various "block" levels. These include targets as well as the Parallel and Sequential task containers (including Macrodef bodies). A local property at a given scope "shadows" properties of the same name at higher scopes, including the global scope (declaring a local property at the global level, i.e. outside of any scope block, has no effect). Since Ant 1.8
| Attribute | Description | Required |
| name | The property to declare in the current scope | Yes |