oracle.portal.log
Class MessageContext

java.lang.Object
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public class MessageContext

extends java.lang.Object

MessageContext is a logging utility class that accepts context information you want included with each log message and formats messages for output.

This class accepts any number of NameValue objects that represent the context information. The context string is constructed by appending the context information together in a format defined by the implementation. The format used by the base implementation is

[<name1>=<value1>, <name2>=<value2>...]

Constructor Summary

MessageContext(oracle.portal.utils.NameValue[] contextEntries)
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

formatMessage(java.lang.String msg) Formats a message by adding context information prior to logging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MessageContext

public MessageContext(oracle.portal.utils.NameValue[] contextEntries)

Constructor. MessageContext builds the context string during object initialization to minimize the amount of work that must be done when formatting a message. This implementation uses the name and value elements of each NameValue when constructing the context message.

Parameters:

contextEntries - an array of NameValue objects representing the context information.

Method Detail

formatMessage

public java.lang.String formatMessage(java.lang.String msg)

Formats a message by adding context information prior to logging.

Parameters:

msg - the message that needs to be logged

Returns:

the formatted message