Constructor Detail

• AbstractLoggingSystem

  public AbstractLoggingSystem(ClassLoader classLoader)

Method Detail

• beforeInitialize

  public void beforeInitialize()

  Description copied from class: LoggingSystem
  Reset the logging system to be limit output. This method may be called before LoggingSystem.initialize(String, LogFile) to reduce logging noise until the system has been fully Initialized.

  Specified by:

  beforeInitialize in class LoggingSystem

• initialize

  public void initialize(String configLocation,
                LogFile logFile)

  Description copied from class: LoggingSystem
  Fully initialize the logging system.

  Specified by:

  initialize in class LoggingSystem

  Parameters:

  configLocation - a log configuration location or null if default initialization is required

  logFile - the log output file that should be written or null for console only output

• getSelfInitializationConfig

  protected String getSelfInitializationConfig()

  Return any self initialization config that has been applied. By default this method checks getStandardConfigLocations() and assumes that any file that exists will have been applied.

  Returns:

  the self initialization config

• getStandardConfigLocations

  protected abstract String[] getStandardConfigLocations()

  Return the standard config locations for this system.

  Returns:

  the standard config locations

  See Also:

  getSelfInitializationConfig()

• loadDefaults

  protected abstract void loadDefaults(LogFile logFile)

  Load sensible defaults for the logging system.

  Parameters:

  logFile - the file to load or null if no log file is to be written

• loadConfiguration

  protected abstract void loadConfiguration(String location,
                       LogFile logFile)

  Load a specific configuration.

  Parameters:

  location - the location of the configuration to load (never null)

  logFile - the file to load or null if no log file is to be written

• reinitialize

  protected void reinitialize()

  Reinitialize the logging system if required. Called when getSelfInitializationConfig() is used and the log file hasn't changed. May be used to reload configuration (for example to pickup additional System properties).

• getClassLoader

  protected final ClassLoader getClassLoader()

• getPackagedConfigFile

  protected final String getPackagedConfigFile(String fileName)