Index: AntHelper.java
===================================================================
--- AntHelper.java	(revision 0)
+++ AntHelper.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You 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 org.apache.ivy.ant;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.XSLTProcess;
+
+public class AntHelper {
+
+    // Since Ant 1.7 this method is part of org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Task.
+    // In Ant this is just a "normal" (instead of static) method.
+    public static void bindToOwner(Task task, Task owner) {
+        task.setProject(owner.getProject());
+        task.setOwningTarget(owner.getOwningTarget());
+        task.setTaskName(owner.getTaskName());
+        task.setDescription(owner.getDescription());
+        task.setLocation(owner.getLocation());
+        task.setTaskType(owner.getTaskType());
+    }    
+    
+    public static XSLTProcess getXslt(Task owner) {
+        XSLTProcess xslt = new XSLTProcess();
+        bindToOwner(xslt, owner);
+        xslt.init();
+        return xslt;
+    }
+    
+    public static void addXsltParam(XSLTProcess xslt, String key, String value) {
+        XSLTProcess.Param param = xslt.createParam();
+        param.setName(key);
+        param.setExpression(value);
+    }
+    
+    public static void addAllXsltParams(XSLTProcess xslt, List params) {
+        for (Iterator it = params.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+            XSLTProcess.Param param = (XSLTProcess.Param) it.next();
+            addXsltParam(xslt, param.getName(), param.getExpression());
+        }
+    }
+
+}
Index: IvyPublish.java
===================================================================
--- IvyPublish.java	(revision 554896)
+++ IvyPublish.java	(working copy)
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@
                 module, pubRevision, "ivy", "ivy", "xml"));
             if (publishivy && (!ivyFile.exists() || forcedeliver)) {
                 IvyDeliver deliver = new IvyDeliver();
+                AntHelper.bindToOwner(deliver, this);
                 deliver.setSettingsRef(getSettingsRef());
-                deliver.setProject(getProject());
                 deliver.setCache(getCache());
                 deliver.setDeliverpattern(getSrcivypattern());
                 deliver.setDelivertarget(deliverTarget);
Index: IvyReport.java
===================================================================
--- IvyReport.java	(revision 554896)
+++ IvyReport.java	(working copy)
@@ -272,11 +272,7 @@
             out = new File(".");
         }
 
-        XSLTProcess xslt = new XSLTProcess();
-        xslt.setTaskName(getTaskName());
-        xslt.setProject(getProject());
-        xslt.init();
-
+        XSLTProcess xslt = AntHelper.getXslt(this);
         xslt.setDestdir(out);
         xslt.setBasedir(cache);
 
@@ -296,21 +292,10 @@
         }
         xslt.setStyle(style);
 
-        XSLTProcess.Param param = xslt.createParam();
-        param.setName("confs");
-        param.setExpression(conf);
-        param = xslt.createParam();
-        param.setName("extension");
-        param.setExpression(xslext);
+        AntHelper.addXsltParam(xslt, "confs", conf);
+        AntHelper.addXsltParam(xslt, "extension", xslext);
+        AntHelper.addAllXsltParams(xslt, params);
 
-        // add the provided XSLT parameters
-        for (Iterator it = params.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
-            param = (XSLTProcess.Param) it.next();
-            XSLTProcess.Param realParam = xslt.createParam();
-            realParam.setName(param.getName());
-            realParam.setExpression(param.getExpression());
-        }
-
         xslt.execute();
     }
 
Index: IvyRepositoryReport.java
===================================================================
--- IvyRepositoryReport.java	(revision 554896)
+++ IvyRepositoryReport.java	(working copy)
@@ -136,29 +136,16 @@
     private void genreport(CacheManager cache, String organisation, String module)
             throws IOException {
         // first process the report with xslt
-        XSLTProcess xslt = new XSLTProcess();
-        xslt.setTaskName(getTaskName());
-        xslt.setProject(getProject());
-        xslt.init();
+        XSLTProcess xslt = AntHelper.getXslt(this);
 
         String resolveId = ResolveOptions.getDefaultResolveId(new ModuleId(organisation, module));
         xslt.setIn(cache.getConfigurationResolveReportInCache(resolveId, "default"));
         xslt.setOut(new File(todir, outputname + "." + xslext));
 
         xslt.setStyle(xslFile);
+        AntHelper.addXsltParam(xslt, "extension", xslext);
+        AntHelper.addAllXsltParams(xslt, params);
 
-        XSLTProcess.Param param = xslt.createParam();
-        param.setName("extension");
-        param.setExpression(xslext);
-
-        // add the provided XSLT parameters
-        for (Iterator it = params.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
-            param = (XSLTProcess.Param) it.next();
-            XSLTProcess.Param realParam = xslt.createParam();
-            realParam.setName(param.getName());
-            realParam.setExpression(param.getExpression());
-        }
-
         xslt.execute();
     }
 
@@ -191,10 +178,7 @@
 
     private void gen(CacheManager cache, String organisation, String module, String style,
             String ext) throws IOException {
-        XSLTProcess xslt = new XSLTProcess();
-        xslt.setTaskName(getTaskName());
-        xslt.setProject(getProject());
-        xslt.init();
+        XSLTProcess xslt = AntHelper.getXslt(this);
 
         String resolveId = ResolveOptions.getDefaultResolveId(new ModuleId(organisation, module));
         xslt.setIn(cache.getConfigurationResolveReportInCache(resolveId, "default"));