OSGi™ Service Platform
Release 4 Version 4.1

org.osgi.service.log
Interface LogService


public interface LogService

Provides methods for bundles to write messages to the log.

LogService methods are provided to log messages; optionally with a ServiceReference object or an exception.

Bundles must log messages in the OSGi environment with a severity level according to the following hierarchy:

  1. LOG_ERROR
  2. LOG_WARNING
  3. LOG_INFO
  4. LOG_DEBUG


Field Summary
static int LOG_DEBUG
          A debugging message (Value 4).
static int LOG_ERROR
          An error message (Value 1).
static int LOG_INFO
          An informational message (Value 3).
static int LOG_WARNING
          A warning message (Value 2).
 
Method Summary
 void log(int level, java.lang.String message)
          Logs a message.
 void log(int level, java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable exception)
          Logs a message with an exception.
 void log(ServiceReference sr, int level, java.lang.String message)
          Logs a message associated with a specific ServiceReference object.
 void log(ServiceReference sr, int level, java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable exception)
          Logs a message with an exception associated and a ServiceReference object.
 

Field Detail

LOG_ERROR

public static final int LOG_ERROR
An error message (Value 1).

This log entry indicates the bundle or service may not be functional.

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Constant Field Values

LOG_WARNING

public static final int LOG_WARNING
A warning message (Value 2).

This log entry indicates a bundle or service is still functioning but may experience problems in the future because of the warning condition.

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Constant Field Values

LOG_INFO

public static final int LOG_INFO
An informational message (Value 3).

This log entry may be the result of any change in the bundle or service and does not indicate a problem.

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Constant Field Values

LOG_DEBUG

public static final int LOG_DEBUG
A debugging message (Value 4).

This log entry is used for problem determination and may be irrelevant to anyone but the bundle developer.

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Constant Field Values
Method Detail

log

public void log(int level,
                java.lang.String message)
Logs a message.

The ServiceReference field and the Throwable field of the LogEntry object will be set to null.

Parameters:
level - The severity of the message. This should be one of the defined log levels but may be any integer that is interpreted in a user defined way.
message - Human readable string describing the condition or null.
See Also:
LOG_ERROR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_INFO, LOG_DEBUG

log

public void log(int level,
                java.lang.String message,
                java.lang.Throwable exception)
Logs a message with an exception.

The ServiceReference field of the LogEntry object will be set to null.

Parameters:
level - The severity of the message. This should be one of the defined log levels but may be any integer that is interpreted in a user defined way.
message - The human readable string describing the condition or null.
exception - The exception that reflects the condition or null.
See Also:
LOG_ERROR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_INFO, LOG_DEBUG

log

public void log(ServiceReference sr,
                int level,
                java.lang.String message)
Logs a message associated with a specific ServiceReference object.

The Throwable field of the LogEntry will be set to null.

Parameters:
sr - The ServiceReference object of the service that this message is associated with or null.
level - The severity of the message. This should be one of the defined log levels but may be any integer that is interpreted in a user defined way.
message - Human readable string describing the condition or null.
See Also:
LOG_ERROR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_INFO, LOG_DEBUG

log

public void log(ServiceReference sr,
                int level,
                java.lang.String message,
                java.lang.Throwable exception)
Logs a message with an exception associated and a ServiceReference object.

Parameters:
sr - The ServiceReference object of the service that this message is associated with.
level - The severity of the message. This should be one of the defined log levels but may be any integer that is interpreted in a user defined way.
message - Human readable string describing the condition or null.
exception - The exception that reflects the condition or null.
See Also:
LOG_ERROR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_INFO, LOG_DEBUG

OSGi™ Service Platform
Release 4 Version 4.1

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