Package org.apache.log4j

Class LogManager

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.LogManager

public class LogManager
extends java.lang.Object

Manager for reusable logger instances.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LogManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Logger	exists(java.lang.String name)	Retrieves an already existing logger by name.
static java.util.Enumeration	getCurrentLoggers()	Retrieves all existing loggers.
static Logger	getLogger(java.lang.Class clazz)	Retrieves a logger by class.
static Logger	getLogger(java.lang.String name)	Retrieves a logger by name.
static Logger	getLogger(java.lang.String name, LoggerFactory factory)	Retrieves a logger by name.
static Logger	getRootLogger()	Retrieves the root logger.
static void	resetConfiguration()	Asks to reset the logging configuration (will be ignored).
static void	shutdown()	Asks to shutdown the logging framework down (will be ignored).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LogManager

public LogManager()

Method Detail

getRootLogger

public static Logger getRootLogger()

Retrieves the root logger.

Returns:

Root logger

getLogger

public static Logger getLogger(java.lang.String name)

Retrieves a logger by name.

Parameters:

name - Name of the logger

Returns:

Logger instance

getLogger

public static Logger getLogger(java.lang.String name,
                               LoggerFactory factory)

Retrieves a logger by name.

Parameters:

name - Name of the logger

factory - Logger factory (will be ignored)

Returns:

Logger instance

getLogger

public static Logger getLogger(java.lang.Class clazz)

Retrieves a logger by class.

Parameters:

clazz - Class to log

Returns:

Logger instance

exists

public static Logger exists(java.lang.String name)

Retrieves an already existing logger by name.

Parameters:

name - Name of the logger

Returns:

Logger instance or null

getCurrentLoggers

public static java.util.Enumeration getCurrentLoggers()

Retrieves all existing loggers.

Returns:

Enumeration with all existing loggers

shutdown

public static void shutdown()

Asks to shutdown the logging framework down (will be ignored).

resetConfiguration

public static void resetConfiguration()

Asks to reset the logging configuration (will be ignored).