/*
* @(#)ErrorManager.java 1.9 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package java.util.logging;
/**
* ErrorManager objects can be attached to Handlers to process
* any error that occur on a Handler during Logging.
* <p>
* When processing logging output, if a Handler encounters problems
* then rather than throwing an Exception back to the issuer of
* the logging call (who is unlikely to be interested) the Handler
* should call its associated ErrorManager.
*/
public class ErrorManager {
private boolean reported = false;
/*
* We declare standard error codes for important categories of errors.
*/
/**
* GENERIC_FAILURE is used for failure that don't fit
* into one of the other categories.
*/
public final static int GENERIC_FAILURE = 0;
/**
* WRITE_FAILURE is used when a write to an output stream fails.
*/
public final static int WRITE_FAILURE = 1;
/**
* FLUSH_FAILURE is used when a flush to an output stream fails.
*/
public final static int FLUSH_FAILURE = 2;
/**
* CLOSE_FAILURE is used when a close of an output stream fails.
*/
public final static int CLOSE_FAILURE = 3;
/**
* OPEN_FAILURE is used when an open of an output stream fails.
*/
public final static int OPEN_FAILURE = 4;
/**
* FORMAT_FAILURE is used when formatting fails for any reason.
*/
public final static int FORMAT_FAILURE = 5;
/**
* The error method is called when a Handler failure occurs.
* <p>
* This method may be overriden in subclasses. The default
* behavior in this base class is that the first call is
* reported to System.err, and subsequent calls are ignored.
*
* @param msg a descriptive string (may be null)
* @param ex an exception (may be null)
* @param code an error code defined in ErrorManager
*/
public synchronized void error(String msg, Exception ex, int code) {
if (reported) {
// We only report the first error, to avoid clogging
// the screen.
return;
}
reported = true;
String text = "java.util.logging.ErrorManager: " + code;
if (msg != null) {
text = text + ": " + msg;
}
System.err.println(text);
if (ex != null) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}