org.mortbay.log
Interface LogSink

All Superinterfaces:

LifeCycle, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

NullLogSink, OutputStreamLogSink

public interface LogSink

extends LifeCycle, java.io.Serializable

A Log sink. This class represents both a concrete or abstract sink of Log data. The default implementation logs to a PrintWriter, but derived implementations may log to files, syslog, or other logging APIs.

Version:

$Id: LogSink.java,v 1.1 2004/06/04 21:37:20 gregwilkins Exp $

Author:

Greg Wilkins (gregw)

Method Summary

void	log(java.lang.String formattedLog) Log a message.
void	log(java.lang.String tag, java.lang.Object msg, Frame frame, long time) Log a message.
void	setLogImpl(LogImpl impl)

Methods inherited from interface org.mortbay.util.LifeCycle

isStarted, start, stop

Method Detail

setLogImpl

public void setLogImpl(LogImpl impl)

log

public void log(java.lang.String tag,
                java.lang.Object msg,
                Frame frame,
                long time)

Log a message. This method formats the log information as a string and calls log(String). It should only be specialized by a derived implementation if the format of the logged messages is to be changed.

Parameters:

tag - Tag for type of log

msg - The message

frame - The frame that generated the message.

time - The time stamp of the message.

log

public void log(java.lang.String formattedLog)

Log a message. The formatted log string is written to the log sink. The default implementation writes the message to a PrintWriter.

Parameters:

formattedLog -