org.apache.log4j

Class SimpleLayout

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.Layout

org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout

public class SimpleLayout
extends Layout

Simple-layout.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.Layout

LINE_SEP, LINE_SEP_LEN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleLayout()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(LoggingEvent theEvent) Implement this method to create your own layout format.
boolean	ignoresThrowable() If the layout handles the throwable object contained within LoggingEvent, then the layout should return false.

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

format

public String format(LoggingEvent theEvent)

Implement this method to create your own layout format.

Specified by:

format in class Layout

Parameters:

theEvent - The LoggingEvent.

Returns:

The formatted LoggingEvent.

ignoresThrowable

public boolean ignoresThrowable()

If the layout handles the throwable object contained within LoggingEvent, then the layout should return false. Otherwise, if the layout ignores throwable object, then the layout should return true. If ignoresThrowable is true, the appender is responsible for rendering the throwable.

The SimpleLayout, TTCCLayout, PatternLayout all return true. The XMLLayout returns false.

Specified by:

ignoresThrowable in class Layout

Returns:

true if the Layout ignores Throwables.