java.util.logging

Class Formatter

Known Direct Subclasses:
SimpleFormatter, XMLFormatter

public abstract class Formatter
extends Object

A Formatter supports handlers by localizing message texts and by subsituting parameter values for their placeholders.

Constructor Summary

Formatter()
Constructs a new Formatter.

Method Summary

abstract String
format(LogRecord record)
Formats a LogRecord into a string.
String
formatMessage(LogRecord record)
Formats the message part of a log record.
String
getHead(Handler handler)
Returns a string that handlers are supposed to emit before the first log record.
String
getTail(Handler handler)
Returns a string that handlers are supposed to emit after the last log record.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Formatter

protected Formatter()
Constructs a new Formatter.

Method Details

format

public abstract String format(LogRecord record)
Formats a LogRecord into a string. Usually called by handlers which need a string for a log record, for example to append a record to a log file or to transmit a record over the network.
Parameters:
record - the log record for which a string form is requested.

formatMessage

public String formatMessage(LogRecord record)
Formats the message part of a log record.

First, the Formatter localizes the record message to the default locale by looking up the message in the record's localization resource bundle. If this step fails because there is no resource bundle associated with the record, or because the record message is not a key in the bundle, the raw message is used instead.

Second, the Formatter substitutes appropriate strings for the message parameters. If the record returns a non-empty array for getParameters() and the localized message string contains the character sequence "{0", the formatter uses java.text.MessageFormat to format the message. Otherwise, no parameter substitution is performed.

Parameters:
record - the log record to be localized and formatted.
Returns:
the localized message text where parameters have been substituted by suitable strings.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if record is null.

getHead

public String getHead(Handler handler)
Returns a string that handlers are supposed to emit before the first log record. The base implementation returns an empty string, but subclasses such as XMLFormatter override this method in order to provide a suitable header.
Parameters:
handler - the handler which will prepend the returned string in front of the first log record. This method may inspect certain properties of the handler, for example its encoding, in order to construct the header.
Returns:
a string for the header.

getTail

public String getTail(Handler handler)
Returns a string that handlers are supposed to emit after the last log record. The base implementation returns an empty string, but subclasses such as XMLFormatter override this method in order to provide a suitable tail.
Parameters:
handler - the handler which will append the returned string after the last log record. This method may inspect certain properties of the handler in order to construct the tail.
Returns:
a string for the header.

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