Commons Digester example source code file (LogUtils.java)

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The Commons Digester LogUtils.java source code

/* $Id: LogUtils.java 992060 2010-09-02 19:09:47Z simonetripodi $
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package org.apache.commons.digester.plugins;

import org.apache.commons.digester.Digester;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;

/**
 * Simple utility class to assist in logging.
 * <p>
 * This class is intended only for the use of the code in the
 * plugins packages. No "user" code should use this package.
 * <p>
 * The Digester module has an interesting approach to logging:
 * all logging should be done via the Log object stored on the
 * digester instance that the object *doing* the logging is associated
 * with.
 * <p>
 * This is done because apparently some "container"-type applications
 * such as Avalon and Tomcat need to be able to configure different logging
 * for different <i>instances of the Digester class which have been
 * loaded from the same ClassLoader [info from Craig McClanahan]. 
 * Not only the logging of the Digester instance should be affected; all 
 * objects associated with that Digester instance should obey the 
 * reconfiguration of their owning Digester instance's logging. The current 
 * solution is to force all objects to output logging info via a single 
 * Log object stored on the Digester instance they are associated with.
 * <p>
 * Of course this causes problems if logging is attempted before an
 * object <i>has a valid reference to its owning Digester. The 
 * getLogging method provided here resolves this issue by returning a
 * Log object which silently discards all logging output in this
 * situation.
 * <p>
 * And it also implies that logging filtering can no longer be applied
 * to subcomponents of the Digester, because all logging is done via
 * a single Log object (a single Category). C'est la vie...
 *
 * @since 1.6
 */

class LogUtils {
    
  /**
   * Get the Log object associated with the specified Digester instance,
   * or a "no-op" logging object if the digester reference is null.
   * <p>
   * You should use this method instead of digester.getLogger() in
   * any situation where the digester might be null.
   */
  static Log getLogger(Digester digester) {
    if (digester == null) {
        return new org.apache.commons.logging.impl.NoOpLog();
    }
    
    return digester.getLogger();
  }
}