org.jcomponent.loggerstore
Interface LoggerStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLoggerStore

public interface LoggerStore

LoggerStore represents the logging hierarchy for a Logger, as defined by its configuration.

The LoggerStore has an associated LoggerStoreFactory which also acts as a configurator for the Logger.

Whenever an application has finished using the LoggerStore it will call the close() method indicating that the logger hierarchy should also be shutdown.

Author:

Mauro Talevi, Peter Donald

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the LoggerStore and shuts down the logger hierarchy.
Logger	getLogger() Retrieves the root Logger from the store.
Logger	getLogger(String categoryName) Retrieves a Logger hierarchy from the store for a given category name.

Method Detail

getLogger

public Logger getLogger()
                 throws Exception

Retrieves the root Logger from the store.

Returns:

the Logger

Throws:

Exception - if unable to retrieve Logger

getLogger

public Logger getLogger(String categoryName)
                 throws Exception

Retrieves a Logger hierarchy from the store for a given category name.

Parameters:

categoryName - the name of the logger category.

Returns:

the Logger

Throws:

Exception - if unable to retrieve Logger

close

public void close()

Closes the LoggerStore and shuts down the logger hierarchy.