de.intarsys.tools.logging
Class LogTools

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.tools.logging.LogTools

public class LogTools
extends Object

Tool methods to ease life with java.util.logging.

Field Summary

static String

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Method Summary

static void	closeFileLogger(Logger logger) Closes a fileLogger.
static Logger	createFileLogger(String id, String filePattern, boolean append) Creates a fileLogger.
static void	dumpLogFiles() This method tries to create a dump of all active log files.
static List<String>	dumpObject(String prefix, Object object)
static List<String>	dumpObject(String prefix, Object object, IDumpObject details)
static File[]	getFiles(Handler handler)
static File[]	getFilesThreadLocal()
static Logger	getLogger(Class<?> clazz) Get a logger that corresponds to clazz.
static Logger	getLogger(String name) Get a logger for name name.
static void	reconfigure(ClassLoader classloader, String resource)
static void	setFileHandlerLevel(Logger logger, Level newLevel)
static String	toLoggerName(Class<?> clazz) The name we want to use for a logger used in clazz.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

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public static final String INDENT

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

closeFileLogger

public static void closeFileLogger(Logger logger)

Closes a fileLogger.

createFileLogger

public static Logger createFileLogger(String id,
                                      String filePattern,
                                      boolean append)
                               throws SecurityException,
                                      IOException

Creates a fileLogger.

Returns:

A Logger named with 'id'.

Throws:

IOException

SecurityException

dumpLogFiles

public static void dumpLogFiles()

This method tries to create a dump of all active log files. For this to work you need a FileDumpHandler attached to the root logger.

dumpObject

public static List<String> dumpObject(String prefix,
                                      Object object)

dumpObject

public static List<String> dumpObject(String prefix,
                                      Object object,
                                      IDumpObject details)

getFiles

public static File[] getFiles(Handler handler)

getFilesThreadLocal

public static File[] getFilesThreadLocal()

getLogger

public static Logger getLogger(Class<?> clazz)

Get a logger that corresponds to clazz.

Parameters:

clazz - The class object we want a logger for.

Returns:

A Logger that corresponds to clazz.

getLogger

public static Logger getLogger(String name)

Get a logger for name name.

Parameters:

name - The logger name/category

Returns:

Get a logger for name name.

reconfigure

public static void reconfigure(ClassLoader classloader,
                               String resource)

setFileHandlerLevel

public static void setFileHandlerLevel(Logger logger,
                                       Level newLevel)

toLoggerName

public static String toLoggerName(Class<?> clazz)

The name we want to use for a logger used in clazz. This implementation uses the package name.

Parameters:

clazz - The class object we want a name for.

Returns:

The name we want to use for a logger used in clazz.