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17  
18  package org.apache.log4j;
19  
20  import org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter;
21  import org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter;
22  import org.apache.log4j.pattern.BridgePatternConverter;
23  import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
24  
25  
26  // Contributors:   Nelson Minar <nelson@monkey.org>
27  //                 Anders Kristensen <akristensen@dynamicsoft.com>
28  
29  /**
30   * This class is an enhanced version of org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
31   * which was originally developed as part of the abandoned log4j 1.3
32   * effort and has been available in the extras companion.
33   * This pattern layout should be used in preference to
34   * org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout except when compatibility
35   * where PatternLayout has been extended either through subclassing
36   * or alternative pattern parsers.
37   *
38   *
39    * <p>A flexible layout configurable with pattern string. The goal of this class
40    * is to {@link #format format} a {@link LoggingEvent} and return the results
41    * in a {@link StringBuffer}. The format of the result depends on the
42    * <em>conversion pattern</em>.
43    * <p>
44    *
45    * <p>The conversion pattern is closely related to the conversion
46    * pattern of the printf function in C. A conversion pattern is
47    * composed of literal text and format control expressions called
48    * <em>conversion specifiers</em>.
49    *
50    * <p><i>Note that you are free to insert any literal text within the
51    * conversion pattern.</i>
52    * </p>
53  
54     <p>Each conversion specifier starts with a percent sign (%) and is
55     followed by optional <em>format modifiers</em> and a <em>conversion
56     character</em>. The conversion character specifies the type of
57     data, e.g. category, priority, date, thread name. The format
58     modifiers control such things as field width, padding, left and
59     right justification. The following is a simple example.
60  
61     <p>Let the conversion pattern be <b>"%-5p [%t]: %m%n"</b> and assume
62     that the log4j environment was set to use a EnhancedPatternLayout. Then the
63     statements
64     <pre>
65     Category root = Category.getRoot();
66     root.debug("Message 1");
67     root.warn("Message 2");
68     </pre>
69     would yield the output
70     <pre>
71     DEBUG [main]: Message 1
72     WARN  [main]: Message 2
73     </pre>
74  
75     <p>Note that there is no explicit separator between text and
76     conversion specifiers. The pattern parser knows when it has reached
77     the end of a conversion specifier when it reads a conversion
78     character. In the example above the conversion specifier
79     <b>%-5p</b> means the priority of the logging event should be left
80     justified to a width of five characters.
81  
82     The recognized conversion characters are
83  
84     <p>
85     <table border="1" CELLPADDING="8">
86     <th>Conversion Character</th>
87     <th>Effect</th>
88  
89     <tr>
90       <td align=center><b>c</b></td>
91  
92       <td>Used to output the category of the logging event. The
93       category conversion specifier can be optionally followed by
94       NameAbbreviator pattern.
95  
96       <p>For example, for the category name "alpha.beta.gamma" the pattern
97       <b>%c{2}</b> will output the last two elements ("beta.gamma"),
98       <b>%c{-2}</b> will remove two elements leaving "gamma",
99       <b>%c{1.}</b> will output "a.b.gamma".
100 
101      </td>
102    </tr>
103 
104    <tr>
105      <td align=center><b>C</b></td>
106 
107      <td>Used to output the fully qualified class name of the caller
108      issuing the logging request. This conversion specifier
109      can be optionally followed by <em>precision specifier</em>, that
110      is a decimal constant in brackets.
111 
112      <td>Used to output the category of the logging event. The
113      category conversion specifier can be optionally followed by
114      NameAbbreviator pattern.
115 
116      <p>For example, for the category name "alpha.beta.gamma" the pattern
117      <b>%c{2}</b> will output the last two elements ("beta.gamma"),
118      <b>%c{-2}</b> will remove two elements leaving "gamma",
119      <b>%c{1.}</b> will output "a.b.gamma".
120 
121      <p><b>WARNING</b> Generating the caller class information is
122      slow. Thus, its use should be avoided unless execution speed is
123      not an issue.
124 
125      </td>
126      </tr>
127 
128    <tr> <td align=center><b>d</b></td> <td>Used to output the date of
129          the logging event. The date conversion specifier may be
130          followed by a set of braces containing a
131          date and time pattern strings {@link java.text.SimpleDateFormat},
132          <em>ABSOLUTE</em>, <em>DATE</em> or <em>ISO8601</em>
133           and a set of braces containing a time zone id per 
134           {@link java.util.TimeZone#getTimeZone(String)}.           
135           For example, <b>%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS}</b>,
136          <b>%d{dd&nbsp;MMM&nbsp;yyyy&nbsp;HH:mm:ss,SSS}</b>,
137          <b>%d{DATE}</b> or <b>%d{HH:mm:ss}{GMT+0}</b>. If no date format specifier is given then
138          ISO8601 format is assumed.  
139      </td>
140    </tr>
141 
142    <tr>
143    <td align=center><b>F</b></td>
144 
145    <td>Used to output the file name where the logging request was
146    issued.
147 
148    <p><b>WARNING</b> Generating caller location information is
149    extremely slow and should be avoided unless execution speed
150    is not an issue.
151 
152    </tr>
153 
154    <tr>
155    <td align=center><b>l</b></td>
156 
157      <td>Used to output location information of the caller which generated
158      the logging event.
159 
160      <p>The location information depends on the JVM implementation but
161      usually consists of the fully qualified name of the calling
162      method followed by the callers source the file name and line
163      number between parentheses.
164 
165      <p>The location information can be very useful. However, its
166      generation is <em>extremely</em> slow and should be avoided
167      unless execution speed is not an issue.
168 
169      </td>
170    </tr>
171 
172    <tr>
173    <td align=center><b>L</b></td>
174 
175    <td>Used to output the line number from where the logging request
176    was issued.
177 
178    <p><b>WARNING</b> Generating caller location information is
179    extremely slow and should be avoided unless execution speed
180    is not an issue.
181 
182    </tr>
183 
184 
185    <tr>
186      <td align=center><b>m</b></td>
187      <td>Used to output the application supplied message associated with
188      the logging event.</td>
189    </tr>
190 
191    <tr>
192    <td align=center><b>M</b></td>
193 
194    <td>Used to output the method name where the logging request was
195    issued.
196 
197    <p><b>WARNING</b> Generating caller location information is
198    extremely slow and should be avoided unless execution speed
199    is not an issue.
200 
201    </tr>
202 
203    <tr>
204      <td align=center><b>n</b></td>
205 
206      <td>Outputs the platform dependent line separator character or
207      characters.
208 
209      <p>This conversion character offers practically the same
210      performance as using non-portable line separator strings such as
211      "\n", or "\r\n". Thus, it is the preferred way of specifying a
212      line separator.
213 
214 
215    </tr>
216 
217    <tr>
218      <td align=center><b>p</b></td>
219      <td>Used to output the priority of the logging event.</td>
220    </tr>
221 
222    <tr>
223 
224      <td align=center><b>r</b></td>
225 
226      <td>Used to output the number of milliseconds elapsed since the construction 
227      of the layout until the creation of the logging event.</td>
228    </tr>
229 
230 
231    <tr>
232      <td align=center><b>t</b></td>
233 
234      <td>Used to output the name of the thread that generated the
235      logging event.</td>
236 
237    </tr>
238 
239    <tr>
240 
241      <td align=center><b>x</b></td>
242 
243      <td>Used to output the NDC (nested diagnostic context) associated
244      with the thread that generated the logging event.
245      </td>
246    </tr>
247 
248 
249    <tr>
250      <td align=center><b>X</b></td>
251 
252      <td>
253 
254      <p>Used to output the MDC (mapped diagnostic context) associated
255      with the thread that generated the logging event. The <b>X</b>
256      conversion character can be followed by the key for the
257      map placed between braces, as in <b>%X{clientNumber}</b> where
258      <code>clientNumber</code> is the key. The value in the MDC
259      corresponding to the key will be output. If no additional sub-option
260      is specified, then the entire contents of the MDC key value pair set
261      is output using a format {{key1,val1},{key2,val2}}</p>
262 
263      <p>See {@link MDC} class for more details.
264      </p>
265 
266      </td>
267    </tr>
268 
269       <tr>
270      <td align=center><b>properties</b></td>
271 
272      <td>
273      <p>Used to output the Properties associated
274      with the logging event. The <b>properties</b>
275      conversion word can be followed by the key for the
276      map placed between braces, as in <b>%properties{application}</b> where
277      <code>application</code> is the key. The value in the Properties bundle
278      corresponding to the key will be output. If no additional sub-option
279      is specified, then the entire contents of the Properties key value pair set
280      is output using a format {{key1,val1},{key2,val2}}</p>
281      </td>
282    </tr>
283 
284             <tr>
285      <td align=center><b>throwable</b></td>
286 
287      <td>
288      <p>Used to output the Throwable trace that has been bound to the LoggingEvent, by
289      default this will output the full trace as one would normally 
290      find by a call to Throwable.printStackTrace().
291      <b>%throwable{short}</b> or <b>%throwable{1}</b> will output the first line of
292      stack trace.   <b>throwable{none}</b> or <b>throwable{0}</b> will suppress
293      the stack trace.  <b>%throwable{n}</b> will output n lines of stack trace
294      if a positive integer or omit the last -n lines if a negative integer.
295      If no %throwable pattern is specified, the appender will take
296      responsibility to output the stack trace as it sees fit.</p>
297      </td>
298    </tr>
299 
300    <tr>
301 
302      <td align=center><b>%</b></td>
303 
304      <td>The sequence %% outputs a single percent sign.
305      </td>
306    </tr>
307 
308    </table>
309 
310    <p>By default the relevant information is output as is. However,
311    with the aid of format modifiers it is possible to change the
312    minimum field width, the maximum field width and justification.
313 
314    <p>The optional format modifier is placed between the percent sign
315    and the conversion character.
316 
317    <p>The first optional format modifier is the <em>left justification
318    flag</em> which is just the minus (-) character. Then comes the
319    optional <em>minimum field width</em> modifier. This is a decimal
320    constant that represents the minimum number of characters to
321    output. If the data item requires fewer characters, it is padded on
322    either the left or the right until the minimum width is
323    reached. The default is to pad on the left (right justify) but you
324    can specify right padding with the left justification flag. The
325    padding character is space. If the data item is larger than the
326    minimum field width, the field is expanded to accommodate the
327    data. The value is never truncated.
328 
329    <p>This behavior can be changed using the <em>maximum field
330    width</em> modifier which is designated by a period followed by a
331    decimal constant. If the data item is longer than the maximum
332    field, then the extra characters are removed from the
333    <em>beginning</em> of the data item and not from the end. For
334    example, it the maximum field width is eight and the data item is
335    ten characters long, then the first two characters of the data item
336    are dropped. This behavior deviates from the printf function in C
337    where truncation is done from the end.
338 
339    <p>Below are various format modifier examples for the category
340    conversion specifier.
341 
342    <p>
343    <TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=8>
344    <th>Format modifier
345    <th>left justify
346    <th>minimum width
347    <th>maximum width
348    <th>comment
349 
350    <tr>
351    <td align=center>%20c</td>
352    <td align=center>false</td>
353    <td align=center>20</td>
354    <td align=center>none</td>
355 
356    <td>Left pad with spaces if the category name is less than 20
357    characters long.
358 
359    <tr> <td align=center>%-20c</td> <td align=center>true</td> <td
360    align=center>20</td> <td align=center>none</td> <td>Right pad with
361    spaces if the category name is less than 20 characters long.
362 
363    <tr>
364    <td align=center>%.30c</td>
365    <td align=center>NA</td>
366    <td align=center>none</td>
367    <td align=center>30</td>
368 
369    <td>Truncate from the beginning if the category name is longer than 30
370    characters.
371 
372    <tr>
373    <td align=center>%20.30c</td>
374    <td align=center>false</td>
375    <td align=center>20</td>
376    <td align=center>30</td>
377 
378    <td>Left pad with spaces if the category name is shorter than 20
379    characters. However, if category name is longer than 30 characters,
380    then truncate from the beginning.
381 
382    <tr>
383    <td align=center>%-20.30c</td>
384    <td align=center>true</td>
385    <td align=center>20</td>
386    <td align=center>30</td>
387 
388    <td>Right pad with spaces if the category name is shorter than 20
389    characters. However, if category name is longer than 30 characters,
390    then truncate from the beginning.
391 
392    </table>
393 
394    <p>Below are some examples of conversion patterns.
395 
396    <dl>
397 
398    <p><dt><b>%r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n</b>
399    <p><dd>This is essentially the TTCC layout.
400 
401    <p><dt><b>%-6r [%15.15t] %-5p %30.30c %x - %m%n</b>
402 
403    <p><dd>Similar to the TTCC layout except that the relative time is
404    right padded if less than 6 digits, thread name is right padded if
405    less than 15 characters and truncated if longer and the category
406    name is left padded if shorter than 30 characters and truncated if
407    longer.
408 
409   </dl>
410 
411    <p>The above text is largely inspired from Peter A. Darnell and
412    Philip E. Margolis' highly recommended book "C -- a Software
413    Engineering Approach", ISBN 0-387-97389-3.
414 
415    @author <a href="mailto:cakalijp@Maritz.com">James P. Cakalic</a>
416    @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
417 
418 
419    @since 1.2.16 */
420 public class EnhancedPatternLayout extends Layout {
421   /** Default pattern string for log output. Currently set to the
422       string <b>"%m%n"</b> which just prints the application supplied
423       message. */
424   public static final String DEFAULT_CONVERSION_PATTERN = "%m%n";
425 
426   /** A conversion pattern equivalent to the TTCCCLayout.
427       Current value is <b>%r [%t] %p %c %x - %m%n</b>. */
428   public static final String TTCC_CONVERSION_PATTERN =
429     "%r [%t] %p %c %x - %m%n";
430 
431     /**
432      * Initial size of internal buffer, no longer used.
433      * @deprecated since 1.3
434      */
435   protected final int BUF_SIZE = 256;
436 
437     /**
438      * Maximum capacity of internal buffer, no longer used.
439      * @deprecated since 1.3
440      */
441   protected final int MAX_CAPACITY = 1024;
442 
443   /**
444    * Customized pattern conversion rules are stored under this key in the
445    * {@link org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerRepository LoggerRepository} object store.
446    */
447   public static final String PATTERN_RULE_REGISTRY = "PATTERN_RULE_REGISTRY";
448 
449 
450   /**
451     *  Initial converter for pattern.
452     */
453   private PatternConverter head;
454 
455   /**
456    * Conversion pattern.
457    */
458   private String conversionPattern;
459 
460   /**
461    * True if any element in pattern formats information from exceptions.
462    */
463   private boolean handlesExceptions;
464 
465   /**
466      Constructs a EnhancedPatternLayout using the DEFAULT_LAYOUT_PATTERN.
467 
468      The default pattern just produces the application supplied message.
469   */
470   public EnhancedPatternLayout() {
471     this(DEFAULT_CONVERSION_PATTERN);
472   }
473 
474   /**
475     * Constructs a EnhancedPatternLayout using the supplied conversion pattern.
476    * @param pattern conversion pattern.
477   */
478   public EnhancedPatternLayout(final String pattern) {
479     this.conversionPattern = pattern;
480     head = createPatternParser(
481             (pattern == null) ? DEFAULT_CONVERSION_PATTERN : pattern).parse();
482     if (head instanceof BridgePatternConverter) {
483         handlesExceptions = !((BridgePatternConverter) head).ignoresThrowable();
484     } else {
485         handlesExceptions = false;
486     }
487   }
488 
489   /**
490    * Set the <b>ConversionPattern</b> option. This is the string which
491    * controls formatting and consists of a mix of literal content and
492    * conversion specifiers.
493    *
494    * @param conversionPattern conversion pattern.
495   */
496   public void setConversionPattern(final String conversionPattern) {
497     this.conversionPattern =
498       OptionConverter.convertSpecialChars(conversionPattern);
499       head = createPatternParser(this.conversionPattern).parse();
500       if (head instanceof BridgePatternConverter) {
501           handlesExceptions = !((BridgePatternConverter) head).ignoresThrowable();
502       } else {
503           handlesExceptions = false;
504       }
505   }
506 
507   /**
508    *  Returns the value of the <b>ConversionPattern</b> option.
509    * @return conversion pattern.
510    */
511   public String getConversionPattern() {
512     return conversionPattern;
513   }
514 
515 
516     /**
517       Returns PatternParser used to parse the conversion string. Subclasses
518       may override this to return a subclass of PatternParser which recognize
519       custom conversion characters.
520 
521       @since 0.9.0
522     */
523     protected org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser createPatternParser(String pattern) {
524       return new org.apache.log4j.pattern.BridgePatternParser(pattern);
525     }
526 
527 
528   /**
529     Activates the conversion pattern. Do not forget to call this method after
530     you change the parameters of the EnhancedPatternLayout instance.
531   */
532   public void activateOptions() {
533       // nothing to do.
534   }
535 
536 
537   /**
538    *  Formats a logging event to a writer.
539    * @param event logging event to be formatted.
540   */
541   public String format(final LoggingEvent event) {
542       StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
543       for(PatternConverter c = head;
544           c != null;
545           c = c.next) {
546           c.format(buf, event);
547       }
548       return buf.toString();
549   }
550 
551   /**
552    * Will return false if any of the conversion specifiers in the pattern
553    * handles {@link Exception Exceptions}.
554    * @return true if the pattern formats any information from exceptions.
555    */
556   public boolean ignoresThrowable() {
557     return !handlesExceptions;
558   }
559 }