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.

Public Constructor Summary

XMLFormatter()

Public 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.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.util.logging.Formatter

abstract String	format(LogRecord record) Format the given log record and return the formatted string.
synchronized String	formatMessage(LogRecord record) Localize and format the message string from a log record.
String	getHead(Handler h) Return the header string for a set of formatted records.
String	getTail(Handler h) Return the tail string for a set of formatted records.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone()
boolean	equals(Object arg0)
void	finalize()
final Class<?>	getClass()
int	hashCode()
final void	notify()
final void	notifyAll()
String	toString()
final void	wait(long arg0, int arg1)
final void	wait(long arg0)
final void	wait()

Public Constructors

public XMLFormatter ()

Public Methods

public String format (LogRecord record)

Format the given message to XML.

This method can be overridden in a subclass. It is recommended to use the formatMessage(LogRecord) convenience method to localize and format the message field.

Parameters

record	the log record to be formatted.

Returns

• a formatted log record

public String getHead (Handler h)

Return the header string for a set of XML formatted records.

Parameters

h	The target handler (can be null)

Returns

• a valid XML string

public String getTail (Handler h)

Return the tail string for a set of XML formatted records.

Parameters

h	The target handler (can be null)

Returns

• a valid XML string