java.util.logging

Class ErrorManager

java.lang.Object

java.util.logging.ErrorManager

public class ErrorManager
extends java.lang.Object

An ErrorManager deals with errors that a Handler encounters while logging.

See Also:

Handler.setErrorManager(ErrorManager)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	CLOSE_FAILURE Indicates that there was a problem upon closing an output stream.
static int	FLUSH_FAILURE Indicates that there was a problem upon flushing an output stream.
static int	FORMAT_FAILURE Indicates that there was a problem upon formatting the message of a log record.
static int	GENERIC_FAILURE Indicates that there was a failure that does not readily fall into any of the other categories.
static int	OPEN_FAILURE Indicates that there was a problem upon opening an output stream.
static int	WRITE_FAILURE Indicates that there was a problem upon writing to an output stream.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ErrorManager()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	error(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Exception ex, int errorCode) Reports an error that occured upon logging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

GENERIC_FAILURE

public static final int GENERIC_FAILURE

Indicates that there was a failure that does not readily fall into any of the other categories.

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Constant Field Values

WRITE_FAILURE

public static final int WRITE_FAILURE

Indicates that there was a problem upon writing to an output stream.

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Constant Field Values

FLUSH_FAILURE

public static final int FLUSH_FAILURE

Indicates that there was a problem upon flushing an output stream.

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Constant Field Values

CLOSE_FAILURE

public static final int CLOSE_FAILURE

Indicates that there was a problem upon closing an output stream.

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Constant Field Values

OPEN_FAILURE

public static final int OPEN_FAILURE

Indicates that there was a problem upon opening an output stream.

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Constant Field Values

FORMAT_FAILURE

public static final int FORMAT_FAILURE

Indicates that there was a problem upon formatting the message of a log record.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ErrorManager

public ErrorManager()

Method Detail

error

public void error(java.lang.String message,
         java.lang.Exception ex,
         int errorCode)

Reports an error that occured upon logging. The default implementation emits the very first error to System.err, ignoring subsequent errors.

Parameters:

message - a message describing the error, or null if there is no suitable description.

ex - an exception, or null if the error is not related to an exception.

errorCode - one of the defined error codes, for example ErrorManager.CLOSE_FAILURE.