NLOG4J 1.2.24

org.apache.log4j.helpers
Class PatternConverter

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter

public abstract class PatternConverter
extends Object

PatternConverter is an abtract class that provides the formatting functionality that derived classes need.

Conversion specifiers in a conversion patterns are parsed to individual PatternConverters. Each of which is responsible for converting a logging event in a converter specific manner.

Since:
0.8.2
Author:
James P. Cakalic, Ceki Gülcü

Field Summary
 PatternConverter next
           
 
Constructor Summary
protected PatternConverter()
           
protected PatternConverter(FormattingInfo fi)
           
 
Method Summary
protected abstract  String convert(LoggingEvent event)
          Derived pattern converters must override this method in order to convert conversion specifiers in the correct way.
 void format(StringBuffer sbuf, LoggingEvent e)
          A template method for formatting in a converter specific way.
 void spacePad(StringBuffer sbuf, int length)
          Fast space padding method.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

next

public PatternConverter next
Constructor Detail

PatternConverter

protected PatternConverter()

PatternConverter

protected PatternConverter(FormattingInfo fi)
Method Detail

convert

protected abstract String convert(LoggingEvent event)
Derived pattern converters must override this method in order to convert conversion specifiers in the correct way.


format

public void format(StringBuffer sbuf,
                   LoggingEvent e)
A template method for formatting in a converter specific way.


spacePad

public void spacePad(StringBuffer sbuf,
                     int length)
Fast space padding method.


NLOG4J 1.2.24

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