Module glf.api
Package org.seppiko.glf.api

Interface IMarkerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:
BasicMarkerFactory
public interface IMarkerFactory
Implementations of this interface are used to manufacture Marker instances.
Author:
Leonard Woo

  • Method Details

    • getMarker

      Marker getMarker(String name)
      Manufacture a Marker instance by name. If the instance has been created earlier, return the previously created instance.

      Null name values are not allowed.

      Parameters:
      name - the name of the marker to be created, null value is not allowed.
      Returns:
      a Marker instance.

    • exists

      boolean exists(String name)
      Checks if the marker with the name already exists. If name is null, then false is returned.
      Parameters:
      name - logger name to check for
      Returns:
      true id the marker exists, false otherwise.

    • detachMarker

      boolean detachMarker(String name)
      Detach an existing marker.

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

      Parameters:
      name - The name of the marker to detach.
      Returns:
      whether the marker could be detached or not.

    • getDetachedMarker

      Marker getDetachedMarker(String name)
      Create a marker which is detached (even at birth) from this IMarkerFactory.
      Parameters:
      name - marker name.
      Returns:
      a dangling marker.