Added in API level 1

Formatter

abstract class Formatter
kotlin.Any
   ↳ java.util.logging.Formatter

A Formatter provides support for formatting LogRecords.

Typically each logging Handler will have a Formatter associated with it. The Formatter takes a LogRecord and converts it to a string.

Some formatters (such as the XMLFormatter) need to wrap head and tail strings around a set of formatted records. The getHeader and getTail methods can be used to obtain these strings.

Summary

Protected constructors

Construct a new formatter.

Public methods
abstract String!
format(record: LogRecord!)

Format the given log record and return the formatted string.

open String!

Localize and format the message string from a log record.

open String!

Return the header string for a set of formatted records.

open String!

Return the tail string for a set of formatted records.

Protected constructors

Formatter

Added in API level 1
protected Formatter()

Construct a new formatter.

Public methods

format

Added in API level 1
abstract fun format(record: LogRecord!): String!

Format the given log record and return the formatted string.

The resulting formatted String will normally include a localized and formatted version of the LogRecord's message field. It is recommended to use the Formatter#formatMessage convenience method to localize and format the message field.

Parameters
record LogRecord!: the log record to be formatted.
Return
String! the formatted log record

formatMessage

Added in API level 1
open fun formatMessage(record: LogRecord!): String!

Localize and format the message string from a log record. This method is provided as a convenience for Formatter subclasses to use when they are performing formatting.

The message string is first localized to a format string using the record's ResourceBundle. (If there is no ResourceBundle, or if the message key is not found, then the key is used as the format string.) The format String uses java.text style formatting.

  • If there are no parameters, no formatter is used.
  • Otherwise, if the string contains "{0" then java.text.MessageFormat is used to format the string.
  • Otherwise no formatting is performed.

Parameters
record LogRecord!: the log record containing the raw message
Return
String! a localized and formatted message

getHead

Added in API level 1
open fun getHead(h: Handler!): String!

Return the header string for a set of formatted records.

This base class returns an empty string, but this may be overridden by subclasses.

Parameters
h Handler!: The target handler (can be null)
Return
String! header string

getTail

Added in API level 1
open fun getTail(h: Handler!): String!

Return the tail string for a set of formatted records.

This base class returns an empty string, but this may be overridden by subclasses.

Parameters
h Handler!: The target handler (can be null)
Return
String! tail string