edu.nps.util

Class LogUtils

java.lang.Object

edu.nps.util.LogUtils

public class LogUtils
extends Object

Log4j Logging utilities.
For the time being, this class utilizes log4j utilities but it may be changed to java.log.util in the future!

Version:

$Id: LogUtils.java 8811 2012-12-30 02:58:08Z tnorbraten $

Author:

suleyman

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LogUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	configureLog4j(String resource) This is a utility to configure the Log4j logger.
static boolean	configureLog4j(String resource, boolean watch) This is a utility to configure the Log4J logger.
static org.apache.log4j.Logger	getLogger(Class clazz) Provide a synchronized method for multiple threads to use single run-time logger
static String	printCallerLog()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LogUtils

public LogUtils()

Method Detail

configureLog4j

public static boolean configureLog4j(String resource)

This is a utility to configure the Log4j logger.

If requested configuration file can not be read, the default behavior will be to use BasicConfigurator and set the debug level to INFO.

Parameters:

resource - The resource name to configure the logger with.

Returns:

true if successful, false if failed to find/use the file

configureLog4j

public static boolean configureLog4j(String resource,
                     boolean watch)

This is a utility to configure the Log4J logger.

If requested configuration file can not be read, the default behavior will be to use BasicConfigurator and set the debug level to INFO.

Parameters:

resource - The resource name to configure the logger with.

watch - if true, will dynamically reconfigure log4j at runtime

Returns:

true if successful, false if failed to find/use the file

getLogger

public static org.apache.log4j.Logger getLogger(Class clazz)

Provide a synchronized method for multiple threads to use single run-time logger

Parameters:

clazz - the class type of the caller

Returns:

synchronized method for multiple threads to use single run-time logger

printCallerLog

public static String printCallerLog()

Returns:

a model to print a stack trace of calling classes and their methods