All Known Subinterfaces:

EntryMessage, ExitMessage, FlowMessage, MessageCollectionMessage<T>, MultiformatMessage, MultiFormatStringBuilderFormattable, ReusableMessage

All Known Implementing Classes:

FormattedMessage, LocalizedMessage, MapMessage, MessageFormatMessage, ObjectArrayMessage, ObjectMessage, ParameterizedMessage, ReusableObjectMessage, ReusableParameterizedMessage, ReusableSimpleMessage, SimpleMessage, StringFormattedMessage, StringMapMessage, StructuredDataCollectionMessage, StructuredDataMessage, ThreadDumpMessage
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public interface Message
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An interface for various Message implementations that can be logged. Messages can act as wrappers around Objects so that user can have control over converting Objects to Strings when necessary without requiring complicated formatters and as a way to manipulate the message based on information available at runtime such as the locale of the system.
Custom Message implementations should consider implementing the StringBuilderFormattable interface for more efficient processing. Garbage-free Layouts will call formatTo(StringBuilder) instead of getFormattedMessage() if the Message implements StringBuilderFormattable.

Note: Message objects should not be considered to be thread safe nor should they be assumed to be safely reusable even on the same thread. The logging system may provide information to the Message objects and the Messages might be queued for asynchronous delivery. Thus, any modifications to a Message object by an application should by avoided after the Message has been passed as a parameter on a Logger method.

Note: Since version 3.0.0, this interface no longer extends Serializable.

See Also:

StringBuilderFormattable

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getFormat()`	Gets the format portion of the Message.
`String`	`getFormattedMessage()`	Gets the Message formatted as a String.
`Object[]`	`getParameters()`	Gets parameter values, if any.
`Throwable`	`getThrowable()`	Gets the throwable, if any.

- Method Detail
  - getFormattedMessage
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String getFormattedMessage()
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    Gets the Message formatted as a String. Each Message implementation determines the appropriate way to format the data encapsulated in the Message. Messages that provide more than one way of formatting the Message will implement MultiformatMessage.
    When configured to log asynchronously, this method is called before the Message is queued, unless this message implements ReusableMessage or is annotated with AsynchronouslyFormattable. This gives the Message implementation class a chance to create a formatted message String with the current value of any mutable objects. The intention is that the Message implementation caches this formatted message and returns it on subsequent calls. (See LOG4J2-763.)
    
    When logging synchronously, this method will not be called for Messages that implement the StringBuilderFormattable interface: instead, the formatTo(StringBuilder) method will be called so the Message can format its contents without creating intermediate String objects.
    
    Returns:
    
    The message String.
  - getFormat
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String getFormat()
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    Gets the format portion of the Message. This may be an implementation-specific template string for interpolating the message parameters.
    
    Returns:
    
    The message format. Some implementations, such as ParameterizedMessage, will use this as the message "pattern". Other Messages may simply return an empty String.
  - getParameters
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Object[] getParameters()
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    Gets parameter values, if any.
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of parameter values or null.
  - getThrowable
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Throwable getThrowable()
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    Gets the throwable, if any.
    
    Returns:
    
    the throwable or null.

Interface Message

Method Summary

Method Detail

getFormattedMessage

getFormat

getParameters

getThrowable