com.bitfactoryinc.logging
Class LogEntry

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.bitfactoryinc.logging.LogEntry

public class LogEntry

extends java.lang.Object

implements LoggingConstants, java.io.Serializable

This class encapsulates entries to Loggers. application : This String indicates application level information. It could be a user, it could be a user and an application name, or whatever is needed (if anything) to distinguish the LogEntries category : This Object will most likely be a String, but if a more sophisticated means of categorization is required, you are not limited to the use of Strings severity : This integer represents the severity of the LogEntry. See LoggerConstantsInterface. message : This String represents the Object that was logged, which itself, most likely, was a String date : This is the date & time that the entry was made to the log

See Also:

LoggingConstants, Serialized Form

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	application
private java.lang.Object	category
private java.util.Date	date
private java.lang.String	message
private int	severity

Fields inherited from interface com.bitfactoryinc.logging.LoggingConstants

CRITICAL, DEBUG, ERROR, FATAL, INFO, severities, STATUS, WARNING

Constructor Summary

private	LogEntry()
protected	LogEntry(int aSeverity, java.lang.String anApplication, java.lang.Object aCategory, java.lang.String aMessage)
protected	LogEntry(int aSeverity, java.lang.String anApplication, java.lang.Object aCategory, java.lang.String aMessage, java.util.Date aDate)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getApplication()
java.lang.Object	getCategory()
java.util.Date	getDate()
java.lang.String	getMessage()
int	getSeverity()
protected void	setApplication(java.lang.String newApplication)
protected void	setCategory(java.lang.Object newCategory)
protected void	setDate(java.util.Date newDate)
protected void	setMessage(java.lang.String newMessage)
protected void	setSeverity(int newSeverity)
java.lang.String	severityString() return the string representation of the severity
java.lang.String	toString() Return a basic String representation of me.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

message

private java.lang.String message

date

private java.util.Date date

application

private java.lang.String application

severity

private int severity

category

private java.lang.Object category

Constructor Detail

LogEntry

private LogEntry()

LogEntry

protected LogEntry(int aSeverity,
                   java.lang.String anApplication,
                   java.lang.Object aCategory,
                   java.lang.String aMessage)

LogEntry

protected LogEntry(int aSeverity,
                   java.lang.String anApplication,
                   java.lang.Object aCategory,
                   java.lang.String aMessage,
                   java.util.Date aDate)

Method Detail

getApplication

public java.lang.String getApplication()

getCategory

public java.lang.Object getCategory()

getDate

public java.util.Date getDate()

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

getSeverity

public int getSeverity()

setApplication

protected void setApplication(java.lang.String newApplication)

setCategory

protected void setCategory(java.lang.Object newCategory)

setDate

protected void setDate(java.util.Date newDate)

setMessage

protected void setMessage(java.lang.String newMessage)

setSeverity

protected void setSeverity(int newSeverity)

severityString

public java.lang.String severityString()

return the string representation of the severity

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a basic String representation of me. Better formating is accomplished elsewhere using the LogEntryFormatter hierarchy

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

LogEntryFormatter