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/**
* A Formatter provides support for formatting LogRecords.
* <p>
* Typically each logging Handler will have a Formatter associated
* with it. The Formatter takes a LogRecord and converts it to
* a string.
* <p>
* Some formatters (such as the XMLFormatter) need to wrap head
* and tail strings around a set of formatted records. The getHeader
* and getTail methods can be used to obtain these strings.
*
* @since 1.4
*/
public abstract class Formatter {
/**
* Construct a new formatter.
*/
protected Formatter() {
}
/**
* Format the given log record and return the formatted string.
* <p>
* The resulting formatted String will normally include a
* localized and formatted version of the LogRecord's message field.
* It is recommended to use the {@link Formatter#formatMessage}
* convenience method to localize and format the message field.
*
* @param record the log record to be formatted.
* @return the formatted log record
*/
/**
* Return the header string for a set of formatted records.
* <p>
* This base class returns an empty string, but this may be
* overridden by subclasses.
*
* @param h The target handler (can be null)
* @return header string
*/
return "";
}
/**
* Return the tail string for a set of formatted records.
* <p>
* This base class returns an empty string, but this may be
* overridden by subclasses.
*
* @param h The target handler (can be null)
* @return tail string
*/
return "";
}
/**
* Localize and format the message string from a log record. This
* method is provided as a convenience for Formatter subclasses to
* use when they are performing formatting.
* <p>
* The message string is first localized to a format string using
* the record's ResourceBundle. (If there is no ResourceBundle,
* or if the message key is not found, then the key is used as the
* format string.) The format String uses java.text style
* formatting.
* <ul>
* <li>If there are no parameters, no formatter is used.
* <li>Otherwise, if the string contains "{0" then
* java.text.MessageFormat is used to format the string.
* <li>Otherwise no formatting is performed.
* </ul>
* <p>
*
* @param record the log record containing the raw message
* @return a localized and formatted message
*/
try {
// Drop through. Use record message as format
}
}
// Do the formatting.
try {
// No parameters. Just return format string.
return format;
}
// Is it a java.text style format?
// Ideally we could match with
// Pattern.compile("\\{\\d").matcher(format).find())
// However the cost is 14% higher, so we cheaply check for
// 1 of the first 4 parameters
}
return format;
// Formatting failed: use localized format string.
return format;
}
}
}