com.lf.commons.logging

Class LogFormatter

java.lang.Object

java.util.logging.Formatter

com.lf.commons.logging.LogFormatter

public class LogFormatter
extends java.util.logging.Formatter

Formats log messages for application log files.

The default format produces log entries like the following one:

2006-09-03 09:32:37.546 INFO Application terminated properly

The extract method can be used to get the original text from a log entry again by removing the line header with time stamp and log level.

Since:

1.5

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2012/12/28 11:44:24 $

Author:

Axel Schwolow

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LogFormatter() Constructor method for the formatter.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	extract(java.lang.String message) Extracts a log message for the application.
java.lang.String	format(java.util.logging.LogRecord record) Formats a log message for the application.

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

Constructor Detail

LogFormatter

public LogFormatter()

Constructor method for the formatter.

Method Detail

format

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

Formats a log message for the application.

Specified by:

format in class java.util.logging.Formatter

extract

public static java.lang.String extract(java.lang.String message)

Extracts a log message for the application.

Parameters:

message - The log entry to be extracted

Returns:

Log message