fop 1.0

org.apache.fop.events
Class LoggingEventListener

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.fop.events.LoggingEventListener
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.util.EventListener

public class LoggingEventListener
extends java.lang.Object
implements EventListener

EventListener implementation that redirects events to Commons Logging. The events are converted to localized messages.


Constructor Summary
LoggingEventListener()
          Creates an instance logging to the default log category of this class.
LoggingEventListener(org.apache.commons.logging.Log log)
          Creates an instance logging to a given logger.
LoggingEventListener(org.apache.commons.logging.Log log, boolean skipFatal)
          Creates an instance logging to a given logger.
 
Method Summary
 org.apache.commons.logging.Log getLog()
          Returns the target logger for this instance.
 void processEvent(Event event)
          This method is called for each event that is generated.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

LoggingEventListener

public LoggingEventListener()
Creates an instance logging to the default log category of this class.


LoggingEventListener

public LoggingEventListener(org.apache.commons.logging.Log log)
Creates an instance logging to a given logger. Events with fatal severity level will be skipped.

Parameters:
log - the target logger

LoggingEventListener

public LoggingEventListener(org.apache.commons.logging.Log log,
                            boolean skipFatal)
Creates an instance logging to a given logger.

Parameters:
log - the target logger
skipFatal - true if events with fatal severity level should be skipped (i.e. not logged)
Method Detail

getLog

public org.apache.commons.logging.Log getLog()
Returns the target logger for this instance.

Returns:
the target logger

processEvent

public void processEvent(Event event)
This method is called for each event that is generated. With the event's ID it is possible to react to certain events. Events can also simply be recorded and presented to a user. It is possible to throw an (unchecked) exception if the processing needs to be aborted because some special event occurred. This way the client can configure the behaviour of the observed application.

Parameters:
event - the event

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