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package java.util.logging;
/**
* The management interface for the logging facility. It is recommended
* to use the {@link java.lang.management.PlatformLoggingMXBean} management
* interface that implements all attributes defined in this
* {@code LoggingMXBean}. The
* {@link java.lang.management.ManagementFactory#getPlatformMXBean(Class)
* ManagementFactory.getPlatformMXBean} method can be used to obtain
* the {@code PlatformLoggingMXBean} object representing the management
* interface for logging.
*
* <p>There is a single global instance of the <tt>LoggingMXBean</tt>.
* This instance is an {@link javax.management.MXBean MXBean} that
* can be obtained by calling the {@link LogManager#getLoggingMXBean}
* method or from the
* {@linkplain java.lang.management.ManagementFactory#getPlatformMBeanServer
* platform <tt>MBeanServer</tt>}.
* <p>
* The {@link javax.management.ObjectName ObjectName} that uniquely identifies
* the management interface for logging within the {@code MBeanServer} is:
* <pre>
* {@link LogManager#LOGGING_MXBEAN_NAME java.util.logging:type=Logging}
* </pre>
* <p>
* The instance registered in the platform {@code MBeanServer}
* is also a {@link java.lang.management.PlatformLoggingMXBean}.
*
* @author Ron Mann
* @author Mandy Chung
* @since 1.5
*
* @see java.lang.management.PlatformLoggingMXBean
*/
public interface LoggingMXBean {
/**
* Returns the list of currently registered logger names. This method
* calls {@link LogManager#getLoggerNames} and returns a list
* of the logger names.
*
* @return A list of <tt>String</tt> each of which is a
* currently registered <tt>Logger</tt> name.
*/
public java.util.List<String> getLoggerNames();
/**
* Gets the name of the log level associated with the specified logger.
* If the specified logger does not exist, <tt>null</tt>
* is returned.
* This method first finds the logger of the given name and
* then returns the name of the log level by calling:
* <blockquote>
* {@link Logger#getLevel Logger.getLevel()}.{@link Level#getName getName()};
* </blockquote>
*
* <p>
* If the <tt>Level</tt> of the specified logger is <tt>null</tt>,
* which means that this logger's effective level is inherited
* from its parent, an empty string will be returned.
*
* @param loggerName The name of the <tt>Logger</tt> to be retrieved.
*
* @return The name of the log level of the specified logger; or
* an empty string if the log level of the specified logger
* is <tt>null</tt>. If the specified logger does not
* exist, <tt>null</tt> is returned.
*
* @see Logger#getLevel
*/
public String getLoggerLevel(String loggerName);
/**
* Sets the specified logger to the specified new level.
* If the <tt>levelName</tt> is not <tt>null</tt>, the level
* of the specified logger is set to the parsed <tt>Level</tt>
* matching the <tt>levelName</tt>.
* If the <tt>levelName</tt> is <tt>null</tt>, the level
* of the specified logger is set to <tt>null</tt> and
* the effective level of the logger is inherited from
* its nearest ancestor with a specific (non-null) level value.
*
* @param loggerName The name of the <tt>Logger</tt> to be set.
* Must be non-null.
* @param levelName The name of the level to set on the specified logger,
* or <tt>null</tt> if setting the level to inherit
* from its nearest ancestor.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified logger
* does not exist, or <tt>levelName</tt> is not a valid level name.
*
* @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and if
* the caller does not have LoggingPermission("control").
*
* @see Logger#setLevel
*/
public void setLoggerLevel(String loggerName, String levelName);
/**
* Returns the name of the parent for the specified logger.
* If the specified logger does not exist, <tt>null</tt> is returned.
* If the specified logger is the root <tt>Logger</tt> in the namespace,
* the result will be an empty string.
*
* @param loggerName The name of a <tt>Logger</tt>.
*
* @return the name of the nearest existing parent logger;
* an empty string if the specified logger is the root logger.
* If the specified logger does not exist, <tt>null</tt>
* is returned.
*/
public String getParentLoggerName(String loggerName);
}