com.bitfactoryinc.logging
Class LogEntryFilter

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

LogEntryCategoryFilter, LogEntryPassFilter

public abstract class LogEntryFilter

extends java.lang.Object

implements LoggingConstants

Concrete subclasses of this abstract class are used by loggers to "filter" each item and decide whether or not to actually log it. Subclasses should override the canPass(LogEntry) method.

Field Summary

private int

severityThreshold

Fields inherited from interface com.bitfactoryinc.logging.LoggingConstants

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

Constructor Summary

LogEntryFilter()

Method Summary

protected abstract boolean	canPass(LogEntry aLogEntry) Concrete subclasses should override this method, returning true if aLogEntry "passes" the filter (i.e.
int	getSeverityThreshold()
void	setSeverityThreshold(int newSeverityThreshold)
protected boolean	shouldLog(LogEntry aLogEntry) This method returns true if aLogEntry should be logged according to the receiver

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

severityThreshold

private int severityThreshold

Constructor Detail

LogEntryFilter

public LogEntryFilter()

Method Detail

canPass

protected abstract boolean canPass(LogEntry aLogEntry)

Concrete subclasses should override this method, returning true if aLogEntry "passes" the filter (i.e. aLogEntry should be logged).

getSeverityThreshold

public int getSeverityThreshold()

setSeverityThreshold

public void setSeverityThreshold(int newSeverityThreshold)

shouldLog

protected final boolean shouldLog(LogEntry aLogEntry)

This method returns true if aLogEntry should be logged according to the receiver