rice.environment.logging
Class Logger

java.lang.Object
  rice.environment.logging.Logger

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HeirarchyLogger

public abstract class Logger

extends java.lang.Object

The Logger is a simplified interface of the java.util.logging.Logger. It is envisioned that one could implement this interface using java.util.logging, but that many times this interface is overkill.

Author:

Jeff Hoye

Field Summary

static int	ALL ALL indicates that all messages should be logged.
static int	CONFIG CONFIG is a message level for static configuration messages.
static int	FINE FINE is a message level providing tracing information.
static int	FINER FINER indicates a fairly detailed tracing message.
static int	FINEST FINEST indicates a highly detailed tracing message.
static int	INFO INFO is a message level for informational messages.
int	level This is public for performance reasons.
static int	OFF OFF is a special level that can be used to turn off logging.
static int	SEVERE SEVERE is a message level indicating a serious failure.
static int	WARNING WARNING is a message level indicating a potential problem.

Constructor Summary

Logger()

Method Summary

abstract void	log(java.lang.String message) Prints the message if the priority is equal to or higher than the minimum priority.
abstract void	logException(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable exception) Prints the stack trace of the exception.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SEVERE

public static final int SEVERE

SEVERE is a message level indicating a serious failure.

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WARNING

public static final int WARNING

WARNING is a message level indicating a potential problem.

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INFO

public static final int INFO

INFO is a message level for informational messages. Things that only happen once per node creation.

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CONFIG

public static final int CONFIG

CONFIG is a message level for static configuration messages.

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FINE

public static final int FINE

FINE is a message level providing tracing information. Things that get logged once per specific message.

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FINER

public static final int FINER

FINER indicates a fairly detailed tracing message. Things that get logged once per general message.

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FINEST

public static final int FINEST

FINEST indicates a highly detailed tracing message. Things that happen more than once per general message.

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ALL

public static final int ALL

ALL indicates that all messages should be logged.

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OFF

public static final int OFF

OFF is a special level that can be used to turn off logging.

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level

public int level

This is public for performance reasons.

Constructor Detail

Logger

public Logger()

Method Detail

log

public abstract void log(java.lang.String message)

Prints the message if the priority is equal to or higher than the minimum priority.

Parameters:

priority - the priority of this log message

message - the message to print

logException

public abstract void logException(java.lang.String message,
                                  java.lang.Throwable exception)

Prints the stack trace of the exception. If you only want to print the exception's string, use the log() method. This is necessary because Exception doesn't have a convienient way of printing the stack trace as a string.

Parameters:

priority - the priority of this log message

exception - the exception to print