org.apache.log4j.spi
Interface Configurator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultLF5Configurator, PropertyConfigurator, ReloadingPropertyConfigurator, DOMConfigurator

public interface Configurator

Implemented by classes capable of configuring log4j using a URL.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Anders Kristensen

Field Summary

static String	INHERITED Special level value signifying inherited behaviour.
static String	NULL Special level signifying inherited behaviour, same as INHERITED.

Method Summary

void	doConfigure(URL url, LoggerRepository repository) Interpret a resource pointed by a URL and set up log4j accordingly.

Field Detail

INHERITED

public static final String INHERITED

Special level value signifying inherited behaviour. The current value of this string constant is inherited. NULL is a synonym.

NULL

public static final String NULL

Special level signifying inherited behaviour, same as INHERITED. The current value of this string constant is null.

Method Detail

doConfigure

public void doConfigure(URL url,
                        LoggerRepository repository)

Interpret a resource pointed by a URL and set up log4j accordingly. The configuration is done relative to the hierarchy parameter.

Parameters:

url - The URL to parse

hierarchy - The hierarchy to operation upon.