libjava/classpath/java/util/logging/Formatter.java

/* Formatter.java --
   A class for formatting log messages by localizing message texts
   and performing substitution of parameters
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package java.util.logging;

import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

/**
 * A <code>Formatter</code> supports handlers by localizing
 * message texts and by subsituting parameter values for their
 * placeholders.
 *
 * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@acm.org)
 */
public abstract class Formatter
{
  /**
   * Constructs a new Formatter.
   */
  protected Formatter()
  {
  }


  /**
   * Formats a LogRecord into a string.  Usually called by handlers
   * which need a string for a log record, for example to append
   * a record to a log file or to transmit a record over the network.
   *
   * @param record the log record for which a string form is requested.
   */
  public abstract String format(LogRecord record);


  /**
   * Returns a string that handlers are supposed to emit before
   * the first log record.  The base implementation returns an
   * empty string, but subclasses such as {@link XMLFormatter}
   * override this method in order to provide a suitable header.
   *
   * @return a string for the header.
   *
   * @param handler the handler which will prepend the returned
   *     string in front of the first log record.  This method
   *     may inspect certain properties of the handler, for
   *     example its encoding, in order to construct the header.
   */
  public String getHead(Handler handler)
  {
    return "";
  }


  /**
   * Returns a string that handlers are supposed to emit after
   * the last log record.  The base implementation returns an
   * empty string, but subclasses such as {@link XMLFormatter}
   * override this method in order to provide a suitable tail.
   *
   * @return a string for the header.
   *
   * @param handler the handler which will append the returned
   *     string after the last log record.  This method
   *     may inspect certain properties of the handler
   *     in order to construct the tail.
   */
  public String getTail(Handler handler)
  {
    return "";
  }


  /**
   * Formats the message part of a log record.
   *
   * <p>First, the Formatter localizes the record message to the
   * default locale by looking up the message in the record's
   * localization resource bundle.  If this step fails because there
   * is no resource bundle associated with the record, or because the
   * record message is not a key in the bundle, the raw message is
   * used instead.
   *
   * <p>Second, the Formatter substitutes appropriate strings for
   * the message parameters. If the record returns a non-empty
   * array for <code>getParameters()</code> and the localized
   * message string contains the character sequence "{0", the
   * formatter uses <code>java.text.MessageFormat</code> to format
   * the message.  Otherwise, no parameter substitution is performed.
   *
   * @param record the log record to be localized and formatted.
   *
   * @return the localized message text where parameters have been
   *         substituted by suitable strings.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>record</code>
   *         is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public String formatMessage(LogRecord record)
  {
    String          msg;
    ResourceBundle  bundle;
    Object[]        params;

    /* This will throw a NullPointerExceptionif record is null. */
    msg = record.getMessage();
    if (msg == null)
      msg = "";

    /* Try to localize the message. */
    bundle = record.getResourceBundle();
    if (bundle != null)
    {
      try
      {
        msg = bundle.getString(msg);
      }
      catch (java.util.MissingResourceException _)
      {
      }
    }

    /* Format the message if there are parameters. */
    params = record.getParameters();
    if ((params != null)
        && (params.length > 0)
        && (msg.indexOf("{0") >= 0))
    {
      msg = MessageFormat.format(msg, params);
    }

    return msg;
  }
}