Package java.util.logging

Class Level

java.lang.Object

java.util.logging.Level

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Level
extends Object
implements Serializable

Level objects are used to indicate the level of logging. There are a set of predefined logging levels, each associated with an integer value. Enabling a certain logging level also enables all logging levels with larger values.

The predefined levels in ascending order are FINEST, FINER, FINE, CONFIG, INFO, WARNING, SEVERE. There are two additional predefined levels, which are ALL and OFF. ALL indicates logging all messages, and OFF indicates logging no messages.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static Level	ALL	The ALL level provides all logging messages.
static Level	CONFIG	The CONFIG level provides static configuration messages.
static Level	FINE	The FINE level provides tracing messages.
static Level	FINER	The FINER level provides more detailed tracing messages.
static Level	FINEST	The FINEST level provides highly detailed tracing messages.
static Level	INFO	The INFO level provides informative messages.
static Level	OFF	The OFF level provides no logging messages.
static Level	SEVERE	The SEVERE level provides severe failure messages.
static Level	WARNING	The WARNING level provides warnings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	Level(String name, int level)	Constructs an instance of Level taking the supplied name and level value.
protected	Level(String name, int level, String resourceBundleName)	Constructs an instance of Level taking the supplied name, level value and resource bundle name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)	Compares two Level objects for equality.
String	getLocalizedName()	Gets the localized name of this level.
String	getName()	Gets the name of this level.
String	getResourceBundleName()	Gets the name of the resource bundle associated with this level.
int	hashCode()	Returns the hash code of this Level object.
int	intValue()	Gets the integer value indicating this level.
static Level	parse(String name)	Parses a level name into a Level object.
String	toString()	Returns the string representation of this Level object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

OFF

public static final Level OFF

The OFF level provides no logging messages.

SEVERE

public static final Level SEVERE

The SEVERE level provides severe failure messages.

WARNING

public static final Level WARNING

The WARNING level provides warnings.

INFO

public static final Level INFO

The INFO level provides informative messages.

CONFIG

public static final Level CONFIG

The CONFIG level provides static configuration messages.

FINE

public static final Level FINE

The FINE level provides tracing messages.

FINER

public static final Level FINER

The FINER level provides more detailed tracing messages.

FINEST

public static final Level FINEST

The FINEST level provides highly detailed tracing messages.

ALL

public static final Level ALL

The ALL level provides all logging messages.

Constructor Detail

Level

protected Level(String name,
                int level)

Constructs an instance of Level taking the supplied name and level value.

Parameters:

name - the name of the level.

level - an integer value indicating the level.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name is null.

Level

protected Level(String name,
                int level,
                String resourceBundleName)

Constructs an instance of Level taking the supplied name, level value and resource bundle name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the level.

level - an integer value indicating the level.

resourceBundleName - the name of the resource bundle to use.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name is null.

Method Detail

parse

public static Level parse(String name)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Parses a level name into a Level object.

Parameters:

name - the name of the desired level, which cannot be null.

Returns:

the level with the specified name.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if name is not valid.

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of this level.

Returns:

this level's name.

getResourceBundleName

public String getResourceBundleName()

Gets the name of the resource bundle associated with this level.

Returns:

the name of this level's resource bundle.

intValue

public final int intValue()

Gets the integer value indicating this level.

Returns:

this level's integer value.

getLocalizedName

public String getLocalizedName()

Gets the localized name of this level. The default locale is used. If no resource bundle is associated with this level then the original level name is returned.

Returns:

the localized name of this level.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares two Level objects for equality. They are considered to be equal if they have the same level value.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - the other object to compare this level to.

Returns:

true if this object equals to the supplied object, false otherwise.

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code of this Level object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

this level's hash code.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

toString

public final String toString()

Returns the string representation of this Level object. In this case, it is the level's name.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation of this level.