com.gemstone.persistence.logging

Class Handler

java.lang.Object

com.gemstone.persistence.logging.Handler

Direct Known Subclasses:

StreamHandler

public abstract class Handler
extends Object

A Handler exports LogRecords to some destination. It can be configured to ignore log records that are below a given level. It can also a have formatter for formatting the log records before exporting the to the destination.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Handler() Creates a new Handler with Level.ALL and no formatter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	close() Closes this Handler and frees all of its resources
abstract void	flush() Flushes an buffered output
Formatter	getFormatter() Returns the formatter for this handler
Level	getLevel() Returns the level below which this handler ignores
boolean	isLoggable(LogRecord record) Returns true if a log record will be handled by this handler.
abstract void	publish(LogRecord record) Publishes a log record to this handler
void	setFormatter(Formatter formatter) Sets the formatter for this handler
void	setLevel(Level level) Sets the level below which this handler ignores

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Handler

protected Handler()

Creates a new Handler with Level.ALL and no formatter.

Method Detail

close

public abstract void close()

Closes this Handler and frees all of its resources

flush

public abstract void flush()

Flushes an buffered output

getFormatter

public Formatter getFormatter()

Returns the formatter for this handler

setFormatter

public void setFormatter(Formatter formatter)

Sets the formatter for this handler

getLevel

public Level getLevel()

Returns the level below which this handler ignores

setLevel

public void setLevel(Level level)

Sets the level below which this handler ignores

isLoggable

public boolean isLoggable(LogRecord record)

Returns true if a log record will be handled by this handler.

publish

public abstract void publish(LogRecord record)

Publishes a log record to this handler