com.gridsystems.config.app
Class PatternFormatter

java.lang.Object
  java.util.logging.Formatter
      com.gridsystems.config.app.PatternFormatter

public class PatternFormatter
extends java.util.logging.Formatter

Logging formatter with log4j-like style.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Rodrigo Ruiz Aguayo

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Object[]	args The message format arguments.
protected java.util.Date	date The date to format.
protected java.text.MessageFormat	formatter The formatter to use.
protected java.lang.String	pattern The pattern.
protected boolean	showTrace if true, the stack trace is dumped.

Constructor Summary

PatternFormatter()
Creates an instance with a default one line pattern.

PatternFormatter(java.lang.String pattern, boolean showTrace)
Creates an instance that will use the specified pattern.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

format(java.util.logging.LogRecord record)

Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.Formatter

formatMessage, getHead, getTail

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

date

protected java.util.Date date

The date to format.

args

protected java.lang.Object[] args

The message format arguments.

formatter

protected java.text.MessageFormat formatter

The formatter to use.

pattern

protected java.lang.String pattern

The pattern.

showTrace

protected boolean showTrace

if true, the stack trace is dumped.

Constructor Detail

PatternFormatter

public PatternFormatter()

Creates an instance with a default one line pattern.

The default pattern is {0,date,dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss} {1} - {2}

PatternFormatter

public PatternFormatter(java.lang.String pattern,
                        boolean showTrace)

Creates an instance that will use the specified pattern. The pattern will be used with three arguments:

1. java.util.Date with the message date and time
2. String with the message log level
3. String with the message to log

If the message has an attached exception, its stacktrace will be presented only if the showTrace flag is set to true.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern to use in this instance

showTrace - true if we want attached exceptions stack traces to be dumped

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.logging.LogRecord record)

Specified by:

format in class java.util.logging.Formatter