com.rhi.architecture.logging
Class LogFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.rhi.architecture.logging.LogFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Resource

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicLog4JFactory, DefaultLogFactory, JDK14LogFactory

public abstract class LogFactory

extends java.lang.Object

implements Resource

LogFactory - create Factory for a certain logging library.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Pete McKinstry

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

KEY key used by ResourceContext to find LogFactory type & used by clients to retrieve the currently loaded LogFactory.

Constructor Summary

LogFactory()

Method Summary

abstract Logger	getDefaultLogger() Get default logger.
static LogFactory	getFactory(java.lang.String factoryImpl) Get a LogFactory based on the implementation class name provided as a parameter.
Logger	getLogger(java.lang.Class type) Get a logger instance for the provided type.
abstract Logger	getLogger(java.lang.String type) Get a logger instance for the provided type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.rhi.architecture.resource.Resource

close, init

Field Detail

KEY

public static final java.lang.String KEY

key used by ResourceContext to find LogFactory type & used by clients to retrieve the currently loaded LogFactory.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

LogFactory

public LogFactory()

Method Detail

getDefaultLogger

public abstract Logger getDefaultLogger()
                                 throws ConfigurationException

Get default logger. This method exists to support backward compatibility prior to the factory class. Prefer getLogger(String type) instead.

Returns:

Logger

Throws:

ConfigurationException

getLogger

public abstract Logger getLogger(java.lang.String type)
                          throws ConfigurationException

Get a logger instance for the provided type.

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

Logger

Throws:

ConfigurationException

getLogger

public Logger getLogger(java.lang.Class type)
                 throws ConfigurationException

Get a logger instance for the provided type.

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

Logger

Throws:

ConfigurationException

getFactory

public static LogFactory getFactory(java.lang.String factoryImpl)
                             throws ConfigurationException

Get a LogFactory based on the implementation class name provided as a parameter.

Parameters:

factoryImpl - - the class name (fully qualified for the LogFactory sub-class that implements the provided functionality.

Returns:

LogFactory

Throws:

ConfigurationException

Since:

1.0