Package uk.ac.starlink.util
Class LogUtils
java.lang.Object
uk.ac.starlink.util.LogUtils
Utilities for working with logging.
- Since:
- 20 Jul 2022
- Author:
- Mark Taylor
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Method Summary
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Method Details
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getLogger
Returns the logger for a given name, retaining a reference to that logger.The output is the same as
Logger.getLogger(java.lang.String)
, for which it is a drop-in replacement, but because a reference is retained by this class, the returned object will not be subsequently garbage collected; as noted in theLogger
javadocs:"It is important to note that the Logger returned by one of the
getLogger
factory methods may be garbage collected at any time if a strong reference to the Logger is not kept."So if you want to modify one of the loggers in the logging hierarchy, you can do it like:
LogUtils.getLogger("a.b.c").setLevel(Level.WARNING)
If you make the corresponding call usingLogger.getLogger
, the logger may have been garbage collected and recreated without the desired configuration by the time it's actually used to log something.- Parameters:
name
- logger name- Returns:
- logger
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