JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

java.util.logging
Class XMLFormatter

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.util.logging.Formatter
      extended by java.util.logging.XMLFormatter

public class XMLFormatter
extends Formatter

Format a LogRecord into a standard XML format.

The DTD specification is provided as Appendix A to the Java Logging APIs specification.

The XMLFormatter can be used with arbitrary character encodings, but it is recommended that it normally be used with UTF-8. The character encoding can be set on the output Handler.

Since:
1.4

Constructor Summary
XMLFormatter()
           
 
Method Summary
 String format(LogRecord record)
          Format the given message to XML.
 String getHead(Handler h)
          Return the header string for a set of XML formatted records.
 String getTail(Handler h)
          Return the tail string for a set of XML formatted records.
 
Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.Formatter
formatMessage
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

XMLFormatter

public XMLFormatter()
Method Detail

format

public String format(LogRecord record)
Format the given message to XML.

Specified by:
format in class Formatter
Parameters:
record - the log record to be formatted.
Returns:
a formatted log record

getHead

public String getHead(Handler h)
Return the header string for a set of XML formatted records.

Overrides:
getHead in class Formatter
Parameters:
h - The target handler (can be null)
Returns:
a valid XML string

getTail

public String getTail(Handler h)
Return the tail string for a set of XML formatted records.

Overrides:
getTail in class Formatter
Parameters:
h - The target handler (can be null)
Returns:
a valid XML string

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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