org.slf4j.helpers
Class BasicMarkerFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.slf4j.helpers.BasicMarkerFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMarkerFactory

public class BasicMarkerFactory
extends Object
implements IMarkerFactory

An almost trivial implementation of the IMarkerFactory interface which creates BasicMarker instances.

Simple logging systems can conform to the SLF4J API by binding MarkerFactory with an instance of this class.

Author:

Ceki Gülcü

Constructor Summary

BasicMarkerFactory()
Regular users should not create BasicMarkerFactory instances.

Method Summary

boolean	detachMarker(String name) Detach an existing marker.
boolean	exists(String name) Does the name marked already exist?
Marker	getDetachedMarker(String name) Create a marker which is detached (even at birth) from this IMarkerFactory.
Marker	getMarker(String name) Manufacture a BasicMarker instance by name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicMarkerFactory

public BasicMarkerFactory()

Regular users should not create BasicMarkerFactory instances. Marker instances can be obtained using the static MarkerFactory.getMarker(java.lang.String) method.

Method Detail

getMarker

public Marker getMarker(String name)

Manufacture a BasicMarker instance by name. If the instance has been created earlier, return the previously created instance.

Specified by:

getMarker in interface IMarkerFactory

Parameters:

name - the name of the marker to be created

Returns:

a Marker instance

exists

public boolean exists(String name)

Does the name marked already exist?

Specified by:

exists in interface IMarkerFactory

Returns:

true id the marker exists, false otherwise.

detachMarker

public boolean detachMarker(String name)

Description copied from interface: IMarkerFactory

Detach an existing marker.

Note that after a marker is detached, there might still be "dangling" references to the detached marker.

Specified by:

detachMarker in interface IMarkerFactory

Parameters:

name - The name of the marker to detach

Returns:

whether the marker could be detached or not

getDetachedMarker

public Marker getDetachedMarker(String name)

Description copied from interface: IMarkerFactory

Create a marker which is detached (even at birth) from this IMarkerFactory.

Specified by:

getDetachedMarker in interface IMarkerFactory

Returns:

a dangling marker