SimpleFormatter (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)
- java.util.logging.Formatter
- java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
public class SimpleFormatter
extends Formatter
Print a brief summary of the LogRecord in a human readable format. The summary will typically be 1 or 2 lines.
Configuration: The SimpleFormatter is initialized with theformat string specified in the java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format property to format the log messages. This property can be defined in the logging properties configuration file or as a system property. If this property is set in both the logging properties and system properties, the format string specified in the system property will be used. If this property is not defined or the given format string is illegal, the default format is implementation-specific.
Since:
1.4
See Also:
Formatter
Constructor Summary
Constructors
Constructor Description SimpleFormatter() Method Summary
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Modifier and Type Method Description String format(LogRecord record) Format the given LogRecord. * ### Methods inherited from class java.util.logging.[Formatter](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html "class in java.util.logging") `[formatMessage](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html#formatMessage-java.util.logging.LogRecord-), [getHead](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html#getHead-java.util.logging.Handler-), [getTail](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html#getTail-java.util.logging.Handler-)` * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang") `[clone](../../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [toString](../../../java/lang/Object.html#toString--), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`Constructor Detail
* #### SimpleFormatter public SimpleFormatter()Method Detail
* #### format public [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") format([LogRecord](../../../java/util/logging/LogRecord.html "class in java.util.logging") record) Format the given LogRecord. The formatting can be customized by specifying the[format string](../Formatter.html#syntax) in the [ java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format](#formatting) property. The given `LogRecord` will be formatted as if by calling: [String.format](../../../java/lang/String.html#format-java.lang.String-java.lang.Object...-)(format, date, source, logger, level, message, thrown); where the arguments are: 1. `format` \- the [java.util.Formatter](../../../java/util/Formatter.html "class in java.util") format string specified in the`java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format` property or the default format. 2. `date` \- a [Date](../../../java/util/Date.html "class in java.util") object representing[event time](../../../java/util/logging/LogRecord.html#getMillis--) of the log record. 3. `source` \- a string representing the caller, if available; otherwise, the logger's name. 4. `logger` \- the logger's name. 5. `level` \- the [log level](../../../java/util/logging/Level.html#getLocalizedName--). 6. `message` \- the formatted log message returned from the [Formatter.formatMessage(LogRecord)](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html#formatMessage-java.util.logging.LogRecord-) method. It uses [java.text](../../../java/text/MessageFormat.html "class in java.text") formatting and does not use the `java.util.Formatter format` argument. 7. `thrown` \- a string representing the [throwable](../../../java/util/logging/LogRecord.html#getThrown--) associated with the log record and its backtrace beginning with a newline character, if any; otherwise, an empty string. Some example formats: * `java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format="%4$s: %5$s [%1$tc]%n"` This prints 1 line with the log level (`4$`), the log message (`5$`) and the timestamp (`1$`) in a square bracket. WARNING: warning message [Tue Mar 22 13:11:31 PDT 2011] * `java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format="%1$tc %2$s%n%4$s: %5$s%6$s%n"` This prints 2 lines where the first line includes the timestamp (`1$`) and the source (`2$`); the second line includes the log level (`4$`) and the log message (`5$`) followed with the throwable and its backtrace (`6$`), if any: Tue Mar 22 13:11:31 PDT 2011 MyClass fatal SEVERE: several message with an exception java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid argument at MyClass.mash(MyClass.java:9) at MyClass.crunch(MyClass.java:6) at MyClass.main(MyClass.java:3) * `java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format="%1$tb %1$td, %1$tY %1$tl:%1$tM:%1$tS %1$Tp %2$s%n%4$s: %5$s%n"` This prints 2 lines similar to the example above with a different date/time formatting and does not print the throwable and its backtrace: Mar 22, 2011 1:11:31 PM MyClass fatal SEVERE: several message with an exception This method can also be overridden in a subclass. It is recommended to use the [Formatter.formatMessage(java.util.logging.LogRecord)](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html#formatMessage-java.util.logging.LogRecord-) convenience method to localize and format the message field. Specified by: `[format](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html#format-java.util.logging.LogRecord-)` in class `[Formatter](../../../java/util/logging/Formatter.html "class in java.util.logging")` Parameters: `record` \- the log record to be formatted. Returns: a formatted log record
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