platypus
Class LogFormatter

java.lang.Object
  java.util.logging.Formatter
      platypus.LogFormatter

public class LogFormatter
extends java.util.logging.Formatter

Creates a formatter for logging records. This format prints just the log message, preceded in the case of severe or warning errors by the words "Error: " or "Warning: " respectively. The date and time and the two-line format of the default Java console logger are thereby removed.

Author:

adapted from The Java Developers Almanac 1.4 (adaptation example e400). See: www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.util.logging/CustomFormat.html

Field Summary

private Literals

lits convenience variable for Literals access

Constructor Summary

LogFormatter()

Method Summary

java.lang.String

format(java.util.logging.LogRecord record) The principal function: it accepts a LogRecord and returns the string that should be written out by the logger.

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

lits

private final Literals lits

convenience variable for Literals access

Constructor Detail

LogFormatter

public LogFormatter()

Method Detail

format

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

The principal function: it accepts a LogRecord and returns the string that should be written out by the logger. It translates the Level.Severe status into an "Error" message and Level.Warning LogRecords into "Warning" messages.

Specified by:

format in class java.util.logging.Formatter

Parameters:

record - the LogRecord (which contains the severity and the string to log)

Returns:

the string to log. If null is passed in (an error), returns a newline.