Class ConsoleLog

java.lang.Object

com.mcpdbwizard.pub.GenericLog

com.mcpdbwizard.pub.ConsoleLog

All Implemented Interfaces:

LogInterface

public class ConsoleLog
extends GenericLog
implements LogInterface

This is a lightweight implementation of LogInterface that uses standard output for information messages and standard error for everything else. Requests for modal messages and logged messages are accepted and then ignored.

See LogInterface

Copyright 2003-2026 ATB Consultancy Services Ltd (formerly Orinda Software Ltd, Dublin, Ireland)

Version:

7

Author:

devteam@mcpdbwizard.com

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static final String	PRESS_ENTER	Waiting for input message text

Fields inherited from class com.mcpdbwizard.pub.GenericLog

autoFlush, autoLog, debugMessagesPrinted, LOG_BEING_FLUSHED, printThreadId

Fields inherited from interface com.mcpdbwizard.pub.LogInterface

DEBUG, DEFAULT_FIELD_DELIMITER, DEFAULT_FILENAME_DAY_FORMAT, DEFAULT_FILENAME_TIME_FORMAT, DEFAULT_TIME_FORMAT_STRING, ERROR, INFO, SYSERR, WARN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConsoleLog()	Create an instance of ConsoleLog.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	flush()	This is required by LogInterface but is not used in the implementation.
String	getCurrentLog()	This is required by LogInterface but is not used in the implementation.
void	setAutoFlush(boolean flushEveryMessage)	This is required by LogInterface but is not used in the implementation.
protected void	writeMessage(String messageType, String messageText, boolean isModal, boolean isLogged)	Format a message and write it to either Standard Output(INFO messages) or Standard Error (eEverything else)

Methods inherited from class com.mcpdbwizard.pub.GenericLog

debug, debug, debugOff, debugOn, error, error, error, error, formatMessage, getDateFormat, getDebug, info, info, setAutoLog, syserror, syserror, syserror, syserror, warning, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.mcpdbwizard.pub.LogInterface

debug, debug, debugOff, debugOn, error, error, error, error, getDateFormat, getDebug, info, info, setAutoLog, syserror, syserror, syserror, syserror, warning, warning

Field Details

PRESS_ENTER

protected static final String PRESS_ENTER

Waiting for input message text

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

ConsoleLog

public ConsoleLog()

Create an instance of ConsoleLog.

Method Details

writeMessage

protected void writeMessage(String messageType,
 String messageText,
 boolean isModal,
 boolean isLogged)

Format a message and write it to either Standard Output(INFO messages) or Standard Error (eEverything else)

Specified by:

writeMessage in class GenericLog

Parameters:

messageType - should be one of the constants DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR or SYSERR as defined in LogInterface.

messageText - The message

isModal - ignored as we are dumping messages to the console.

isLogged - ignored as we are dumping messages to the console.

setAutoFlush

public void setAutoFlush(boolean flushEveryMessage)

This is required by LogInterface but is not used in the implementation.

Specified by:

setAutoFlush in interface LogInterface

Overrides:

setAutoFlush in class GenericLog

Parameters:

flushEveryMessage - true if the log is to be flushed every time a message is written to it.

flush

public void flush()

This is required by LogInterface but is not used in the implementation.

Specified by:

flush in interface LogInterface

Specified by:

flush in class GenericLog

getCurrentLog

public String getCurrentLog()

This is required by LogInterface but is not used in the implementation.

Specified by:

getCurrentLog in interface LogInterface

Specified by:

getCurrentLog in class GenericLog

Returns:

A full path name if a conventional log file is in use, or a descriptive string if no log file is in use.