java.util.logging
Class XMLFormatter

java.lang.Object
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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.

Since:

1.4

Constructor Summary

XMLFormatter()

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.

Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.Formatter

formatMessage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XMLFormatter

public XMLFormatter()

Method Detail

format

public String format(LogRecord record)

Format the given message to XML.

Specified by:

format in class Formatter

Parameters:

record - the log record to be formatted.

Returns:

a formatted log record

getHead

public String getHead(Handler h)

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

Overrides:

getHead in class Formatter

Parameters:

h - The target handler.

Returns:

header string

getTail

public String getTail(Handler h)

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

Overrides:

getTail in class Formatter

Parameters:

h - The target handler.

Returns:

tail string