com.hp.util

Class LogFormatter

java.lang.Object

java.util.logging.Formatter

com.hp.util.LogFormatter

public class LogFormatter
extends Formatter

Formats the JDK log message into the following form:

2010-04-30 12:52:36:363 PDT INFO [main:1 TestLogFormatter.testPlainString] This is a test msg.

The formatter catches all formatting exceptions and converts the exception to a log message dumping the exception string, format string, and arguments.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
	LogFormatter() Default constructor.
protected	LogFormatter(String headerFmt, int fmtBuffSize, boolean isHeaderLineSep) Constructor that does the real work.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(LogRecord record) This is called by JDK logging for format the log record.
static String	prepareCurlyBraceStringForLogging(String toFormat) Format the provided string so that it can be logged without generating an IllegalArgumentException as a result of its inherent curly braces.

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()

Default constructor.

LogFormatter

protected LogFormatter(String headerFmt,
            int fmtBuffSize,
            boolean isHeaderLineSep)

Constructor that does the real work.

Parameters:

headerFmt - header format string

fmtBuffSize - string buffer size (multiple line formatters will want to increase this)

isHeaderLineSep - if true, a line separator will be appended after the header

Method Detail

prepareCurlyBraceStringForLogging

public static String prepareCurlyBraceStringForLogging(String toFormat)

Format the provided string so that it can be logged without generating an IllegalArgumentException as a result of its inherent curly braces. Replaces curly braces ("{}") with square brackets ("[]").

Parameters:

toFormat - String to be formatted

Returns:

formatted result

format

public String format(LogRecord record)

This is called by JDK logging for format the log record. The method is synchronized to follow the pattern of the SimpleFormatter which allows the sharing of the buffer.

Specified by:

format in class Formatter

See Also:

Formatter.format(java.util.logging.LogRecord)