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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package dalvik.system;
     18 
     19 import java.util.logging.Level;
     20 import java.util.logging.Logger;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * An optimized handler for efficient publishing of basic log messages.
     24  * Implementers should also be subclasses of {@link java.util.logging.Handler}.
     25  *
     26  * <p>Unlike the default log handler, this API doesn't require intermediate
     27  * objects to be allocated for log handling. It also includes a short tag, which
     28  * may otherwise need to be calculated for each published message.
     29  *
     30  * @hide
     31  */
     32 public interface DalvikLogHandler {
     33 
     34     /**
     35      * Publishes a log message. Unlike {@link
     36      * java.util.logging.Handler#publish(java.util.logging.LogRecord)}, this
     37      * method includes only the raw log message. Log messages that were created
     38      * with additional fields (parameters, source methods, etc.) will flow
     39      * through the conventional channels instead.
     40      *
     41      * @param tag the short (23 characters or fewer) logger tag identifying
     42      *      {@code logger}.
     43      */
     44     void publish(Logger source, String tag, Level level, String message);
     45 
     46     // TODO: support messages with throwables?
     47 }