Java/Velocity/Velocity Log

Console Log System

   <source lang="java">

import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeServices; import org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.LogSystem; public class ConsoleLogSystem implements LogSystem {

 private RuntimeServices rs;
 private int maxLevel = LogSystem.INFO_ID;
 private static final String[] LEVEL_NAMES = new String[] { "ERROR", "WARN",
     "INFO", "DEBUG" };
 private static final int[] LEVELS = new int[] { LogSystem.ERROR_ID,
     LogSystem.WARN_ID, LogSystem.INFO_ID, LogSystem.DEBUG_ID };
 public void init(RuntimeServices rs) throws Exception {
   System.out.println("ConsoleLogSystem.init() called");
   this.rs = rs;
   configure();
 }
 public void logVelocityMessage(int level, String message) {
   if (level >= maxLevel) {
     System.out.println("[" + getLevelName(level) + "] " + message);
   }
 }
 private void configure() {
   String maxLevelName = rs.getString("console.logsystem.max.level");
   int level = getLevelFromString(maxLevelName);
   if (level > -1) {
     System.out.println("Using log level: " + maxLevelName);
     maxLevel = level;
   }
 }
 private int getLevelFromString(String levelName) {
   for (int x = 0; x < LEVEL_NAMES.length; x++) {
     if (LEVEL_NAMES[x].equals(levelName)) {
       return LEVELS[x];
     }
   }
   // should not arrive here, couldn"t find the level
   return -1;
 }
 private String getLevelName(int level) {
   for (int x = 0; x < LEVELS.length; x++) {
     if (LEVELS[x] == level) {
       return LEVEL_NAMES[x];
     }
   }
   return "UNKNOWN";
 }

}

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Custom log for Velocity

   <source lang="java">

/*

* Copyright 2000-2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
* 
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* 
*      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* 
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/

import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity; import org.apache.velocity.VelocityContext; import org.apache.velocity.Template; import org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException; import org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException; import java.io.*; import java.util.ArrayList; /**

* This class is a simple demonstration of how the Velocity Template Engine
* can be used in a standalone application.
*
* @author 

How to use an existing Log4j Category as the Velocity logging target

   <source lang="java">

/*

* Copyright 2000-2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
* 
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* 
*      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* 
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/

import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator; import org.apache.log4j.Category; import org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine; import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeConstants;

/**

*  Simple example class to show how to use an existing Log4j Categeory
*  as the Velocity logging target.
*
* @author 

This is a toy demonstration of how Velocity can use an externally configured logger

   <source lang="java">

/*

* Copyright 2000-2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
* 
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* 
*      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* 
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/

import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity; import org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.LogSystem; import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeServices;

/**

*  This is a toy demonstration of how Velocity
*  can use an externally configured logger.  In 
*  this example, the class using Velocity
*  implements Velocity"s logger interface, and
*  all Velocity log messages are funneled back
*  through it.
*
* @author