org.jlog2.channel

Class LogChannel

java.lang.Object

org.jlog2.channel.LogChannel

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileChannel, StdErrChannel, StdOutChannel

public abstract class LogChannel
extends java.lang.Object

This abstract class provides descriptions of the methods that need to be implemented by a channel that can be used by a logger to log messages.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LogChannel()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract void	createLogChannel() Create the log channel.
abstract void	writeError(java.lang.String message) Write an exception to the log channel.
abstract void	writeMessage(java.lang.String message) Write the message to the log channel.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LogChannel

public LogChannel()

Method Detail

createLogChannel

protected abstract void createLogChannel()
                                  throws java.lang.Exception

Create the log channel.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

writeMessage

public abstract void writeMessage(java.lang.String message)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

Write the message to the log channel.

Parameters:

message - the message to write.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

writeError

public abstract void writeError(java.lang.String message)
                         throws java.lang.Exception

Write an exception to the log channel.

Parameters:

message - the message to write.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.