net.dpml.logging
Interface Logger

public interface Logger

Logger is a interface through which different logging solutions can be provided. Typical examples of logging implementations include java.util.logging.Logger or Ant's Project.log() function.

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

Method Summary

void	debug(String message) Record a debug level message.
void	error(String message) Record a error level message.
void	error(String message, Throwable cause) Record a error level message.
Logger	getChildLogger(String category) Return a child logger relative to the current logger.
void	info(String message) Record a informative message.
boolean	isDebugEnabled() Return TRUE is debug level logging is enabled.
boolean	isErrorEnabled() Return TRUE is error level logging is enabled.
boolean	isInfoEnabled() Return TRUE is info level logging is enabled.
boolean	isTraceEnabled() Return TRUE is trace level logging is enabled.
boolean	isWarnEnabled() Return TRUE is error warning logging is enabled.
void	trace(String message) Record a trace level message.
void	warn(String message) Record a warning message.
void	warn(String message, Throwable cause) Record a warning message.

Method Detail

isDebugEnabled

boolean isDebugEnabled()

Return TRUE is debug level logging is enabled.

Returns:

the enabled state of debug logging

isTraceEnabled

boolean isTraceEnabled()

Return TRUE is trace level logging is enabled.

Returns:

the enabled state of trace logging

isInfoEnabled

boolean isInfoEnabled()

Return TRUE is info level logging is enabled.

Returns:

the enabled state of info logging

isErrorEnabled

boolean isErrorEnabled()

Return TRUE is error level logging is enabled.

Returns:

the enabled state of error logging

isWarnEnabled

boolean isWarnEnabled()

Return TRUE is error warning logging is enabled.

Returns:

the enabled state of warning logging

debug

void debug(String message)

Record a debug level message.

Parameters:

message - the debug message to record

trace

void trace(String message)

Record a trace level message.

Parameters:

message - the trace message to record

info

void info(String message)

Record a informative message.

Parameters:

message - the info message to record

warn

void warn(String message)

Record a warning message.

Parameters:

message - the warning message to record

warn

void warn(String message,
          Throwable cause)

Record a warning message.

Parameters:

message - the warning message to record

cause - the causal exception

error

void error(String message)

Record a error level message.

Parameters:

message - the error message to record

error

void error(String message,
           Throwable cause)

Record a error level message.

Parameters:

message - the error message to record

cause - the causal exception

getChildLogger

Logger getChildLogger(String category)

Return a child logger relative to the current logger.

Parameters:

category - the relative category name

Returns:

the child logging channel