java.util.logging
Class XMLFormatter

java.lang.Object   
  java.util.logging.Formatter   
      java.util.logging.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.

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 (can be null)

Returns:

a valid XML 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 (can be null)

Returns:

a valid XML string