Log4j 1.2.8

## org.apache.log4j.spi
Class LoggingEvent

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable

public class LoggingEvent
extends Object
implements Serializable

The internal representation of logging events. When an affirmative decision is made to log then a `LoggingEvent` instance is created. This instance is passed around to the different log4j components.

This class is of concern to those wishing to extend log4j.

Since:
  0.8.2
Author:
  Ceki Gülcü, James P. Cakalic
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary
`String` `categoryName` Deprecated. This field will be marked as private in future releases. Please do not access it directly. Use the `getLoggerName()` method instead.
`String` `fqnOfCategoryClass` Fully qualified name of the calling category class.
`Priority` `level` Deprecated. This field will be marked as private in future releases. Please do not access it directly. Use the `getLevel()` method instead.
`long` `timeStamp` The number of milliseconds elapsed from 1/1/1970 until logging event was created.

Constructor Summary
`LoggingEvent(String fqnOfCategoryClass, Category logger, long timeStamp, Priority priority, Object message, Throwable throwable)` Instantiate a LoggingEvent from the supplied parameters.
`LoggingEvent(String fqnOfCategoryClass, Category logger, Priority priority, Object message, Throwable throwable)` Instantiate a LoggingEvent from the supplied parameters.

Method Summary
`Level` `getLevel()` Return the level of this event.
`LocationInfo` `getLocationInformation()` Set the location information for this logging event.
`String` `getLoggerName()` Return the name of the logger.
`Object` `getMDC(String key)` Returns the the context corresponding to the `key` parameter.
`void` `getMDCCopy()` Obtain a copy of this thread's MDC prior to serialization or asynchronous logging.
`Object` `getMessage()` Return the message for this logging event.
`String` `getNDC()` This method returns the NDC for this event.
`String` `getRenderedMessage()`
`static long` `getStartTime()` Returns the time when the application started, in milliseconds elapsed since 01.01.1970.
`String` `getThreadName()`
`ThrowableInformation` `getThrowableInformation()` Returns the throwable information contained within this event.
`String[]` `getThrowableStrRep()` Return this event's throwable's string[] representaion.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### fqnOfCategoryClass

    public final transient String fqnOfCategoryClass

  Fully qualified name of the calling category class.

### categoryName

    public final String categoryName

  Deprecated. This field will be marked as private in future releases. Please do not access it directly. Use the `getLoggerName()` method instead.

  The category (logger) name.

### level

    public transient Priority level

  Deprecated. This field will be marked as private in future releases. Please do not access it directly. Use the `getLevel()` method instead.

  Level of logging event. Level cannot be serializable because it is a flyweight. Due to its special seralization it cannot be declared final either.

  This field should not be accessed directly. You shoud use the `getLevel()` method instead.

### timeStamp

    public final long timeStamp

  The number of milliseconds elapsed from 1/1/1970 until logging event was created.

Constructor Detail

### LoggingEvent

    public LoggingEvent(String fqnOfCategoryClass,
                        Category logger,
                        Priority priority,
                        Object message,
                        Throwable throwable)

  Instantiate a LoggingEvent from the supplied parameters.

  Except `timeStamp` all the other fields of `LoggingEvent` are filled when actually needed.

  Parameters:
    `category` - The category of this event.
    `level` - The level of this event.
    `message` - The message of this event.
    `throwable` - The throwable of this event.

### LoggingEvent

    public LoggingEvent(String fqnOfCategoryClass,
                        Category logger,
                        long timeStamp,
                        Priority priority,
                        Object message,
                        Throwable throwable)

  Instantiate a LoggingEvent from the supplied parameters.

  Except `timeStamp` all the other fields of `LoggingEvent` are filled when actually needed.

  Parameters:
    `category` - The category of this event.
    `timeStamp` - the timestamp of this logging event
    `level` - The level of this event.
    `message` - The message of this event.
    `throwable` - The throwable of this event.

Method Detail

### getLocationInformation

    public LocationInfo getLocationInformation()

  Set the location information for this logging event. The collected information is cached for future use.

### getLevel

    public Level getLevel()

  Return the level of this event. Use this form instead of directly accessing the `level` field.

### getLoggerName

    public String getLoggerName()

  Return the name of the logger. Use this form instead of directly accessing the `categoryName` field.

### getMessage

    public Object getMessage()

  Return the message for this logging event.

  Before serialization, the returned object is the message passed by the user to generate the logging event. After serialization, the returned value equals the String form of the message possibly after object rendering.

  Since:
    1.1

### getNDC

    public String getNDC()

  This method returns the NDC for this event. It will return the correct content even if the event was generated in a different thread or even on a different machine. The `NDC.get()` method should never be called directly.

### getMDC

    public Object getMDC(String key)

  Returns the the context corresponding to the `key` parameter. If there is a local MDC copy, possibly because we are in a logging server or running inside AsyncAppender, then we search for the key in MDC copy, if a value is found it is returned. Otherwise, if the search in MDC copy returns a null result, then the current thread's `MDC` is used.

  Note that both the local MDC copy and the current thread's MDC are searched.

### getMDCCopy

    public void getMDCCopy()

  Obtain a copy of this thread's MDC prior to serialization or asynchronous logging.

### getRenderedMessage

    public String getRenderedMessage()

### getStartTime

    public static long getStartTime()

  Returns the time when the application started, in milliseconds elapsed since 01.01.1970.

### getThreadName

    public String getThreadName()

### getThrowableInformation

    public ThrowableInformation getThrowableInformation()

  Returns the throwable information contained within this event. May be `null` if there is no such information.

  Note that the `Throwable` object contained within a `ThrowableInformation` does not survive serialization.

  Since:
    1.1

### getThrowableStrRep

    public String[] getThrowableStrRep()

  Return this event's throwable's string[] representaion.

Log4j 1.2.8

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