org.bitbucket.jrsofty.parser.logging.api

Interface LogParserFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

LogParserFactory.DefaultLogParserFactory

public interface LogParserFactory

Interface for creating LogParserFactory implementations.

Author:

jrsofty

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	LogParserFactory.DefaultLogParserFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static LogParserFactory	createDefaultInstance() Provides the default parser factory.
LogParser	createParserForFormat(String format, Class<?> clazz) Creates an instance of the LogParser Implementation.

Method Detail

createDefaultInstance

static LogParserFactory createDefaultInstance()

Provides the default parser factory.

Returns:

the DefaultLogParserFactory implementation of this interface.

createParserForFormat

LogParser createParserForFormat(String format,
                                Class<?> clazz)
                         throws LogLineFormatException,
                                IllegalClassException

Creates an instance of the LogParser Implementation.

Parameters:

format - a String with the formatting tokens for describing the expected log line format to match.

clazz - a class that has implemented the LogEntry interface and has fields mapped with the LogElementMapping annotations matching the tokens in the format param.

Returns:

An instance of the LogParser.

Throws:

LogLineFormatException - when the formatting tokens are invalid or cannot be used.

IllegalClassException - when the class object cannot be instanced, or reflected, or when the LogElementMapping annotations are missing.