loci.common

Class Log4jTools

java.lang.Object

loci.common.Log4jTools

public final class Log4jTools
extends Object

A utility class with convenience methods for log4j.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	Log4jTools()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	enableLogging() Attempts to enable SLF4J logging via log4j without an external configuration file.
static boolean	isEnabled() Checks whether the log4j framework was successfully enabled
static void	setRootLevel(String level) Sets the level of the root logger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Log4jTools

private Log4jTools()

Method Detail

isEnabled

public static boolean isEnabled()

Checks whether the log4j framework was successfully enabled

Returns:

true if logging was successfully enabled

setRootLevel

public static void setRootLevel(String level)

Sets the level of the root logger

Parameters:

level - A string indicating the desired level (i.e.: ALL, DEBUG, ERROR, FATAL, INFO, OFF, TRACE, WARN).

enableLogging

public static boolean enableLogging()

Attempts to enable SLF4J logging via log4j without an external configuration file.

Returns:

true if logging was successfully enabled