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/*
 * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
 * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
 * the LICENSE.txt file.
 */

// Contributors:  Kitching Simon 
//                Nicholas Wolff

package org.apache.log4j;

/**
   Defines the minimum set of levels recognized by the system, that is
   OFF, FATAL, ERROR,
   WARN, INFODEBUG and
   ALL.

   

The Level class may be subclassed to define a larger level set. @author Ceki Gülcü */ public class Level extends Priority { /** The OFF has the highest possible rank and is intended to turn off logging. */ final static public Level OFF = new Level(OFF_INT, "OFF", 0); /** The FATAL level designates very severe error events that will presumably lead the application to abort. */ final static public Level FATAL = new Level(FATAL_INT, "FATAL", 0); /** The ERROR level designates error events that might still allow the application to continue running. */ final static public Level ERROR = new Level(ERROR_INT, "ERROR", 3); /** The WARN level designates potentially harmful situations. */ final static public Level WARN = new Level(WARN_INT, "WARN", 4); /** The INFO level designates informational messages that highlight the progress of the application at coarse-grained level. */ final static public Level INFO = new Level(INFO_INT, "INFO", 6); /** The DEBUG Level designates fine-grained informational events that are most useful to debug an application. */ final static public Level DEBUG = new Level(DEBUG_INT, "DEBUG", 7); /** The ALL has the lowest possible rank and is intended to turn on all logging. */ final static public Level ALL = new Level(ALL_INT, "ALL", 7); /** Instantiate a Level object. */ protected Level(int level, String levelStr, int syslogEquivalent) { super(level, levelStr, syslogEquivalent); } /** Convert the string passed as argument to a level. If the conversion fails, then this method returns {@link #DEBUG}. */ public static Level toLevel(String sArg) { return (Level) toLevel(sArg, Level.DEBUG); } /** Convert an integer passed as argument to a level. If the conversion fails, then this method returns {@link #DEBUG}. */ public static Level toLevel(int val) { return (Level) toLevel(val, Level.DEBUG); } /** Convert an integer passed as argument to a level. If the conversion fails, then this method returns the specified default. */ public static Level toLevel(int val, Level defaultLevel) { switch(val) { case ALL_INT: return ALL; case DEBUG_INT: return Level.DEBUG; case INFO_INT: return Level.INFO; case WARN_INT: return Level.WARN; case ERROR_INT: return Level.ERROR; case FATAL_INT: return Level.FATAL; case OFF_INT: return OFF; default: return defaultLevel; } } /** Convert the string passed as argument to a level. If the conversion fails, then this method returns the value of defaultLevel. */ public static Level toLevel(String sArg, Level defaultLevel) { if(sArg == null) return defaultLevel; String s = sArg.toUpperCase(); if(s.equals("ALL")) return Level.ALL; if(s.equals("DEBUG")) return Level.DEBUG; //if(s.equals("FINE")) return Level.FINE; if(s.equals("INFO")) return Level.INFO; if(s.equals("WARN")) return Level.WARN; if(s.equals("ERROR")) return Level.ERROR; if(s.equals("FATAL")) return Level.FATAL; if(s.equals("OFF")) return Level.OFF; return defaultLevel; } }

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