org.apache.log4j
Class SimpleLayout

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.Layout
      org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout

All Implemented Interfaces:

OptionHandler

public class SimpleLayout
extends Layout

SimpleLayout consists of the level of the log statement, followed by " - " and then the log message itself. For example,

           DEBUG - Hello world
   

Since:

version 0.7.0

PatternLayout offers a much more powerful alternative.

Author:

Ceki Gülcü

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.Layout

LINE_SEP, LINE_SEP_LEN

Constructor Summary

SimpleLayout()

Method Summary

void	activateOptions() Activate the options that were previously set with calls to option setters.
String	format(LoggingEvent event) Returns the log statement in a format consisting of the level, followed by " - " and then the message.
boolean	ignoresThrowable() The SimpleLayout does not handle the throwable contained within LoggingEvents.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.Layout

getContentType, getFooter, getHeader

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleLayout

public SimpleLayout()

Method Detail

activateOptions

public void activateOptions()

Description copied from interface: OptionHandler

Activate the options that were previously set with calls to option setters.

This allows to defer activiation of the options until all options have been set. This is required for components which have related options that remain ambigous until all are set.

For example, the FileAppender has the File and Append options both of which are ambigous until the other is also set.

format

public String format(LoggingEvent event)

Returns the log statement in a format consisting of the level, followed by " - " and then the message. For example,

 INFO - "A message"
     

The category parameter is ignored.

Specified by:

format in class Layout

Returns:

A byte array in SimpleLayout format.

ignoresThrowable

public boolean ignoresThrowable()

The SimpleLayout does not handle the throwable contained within LoggingEvents. Thus, it returns true.

Specified by:

ignoresThrowable in class Layout

Since:

version 0.8.4