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LogFactory.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API75738Wed May 06 22:41:10 BST 2009org.apache.commons.logging

LogFactory

public abstract class LogFactory extends Object

Factory for creating {@link Log} instances, with discovery and configuration features similar to that employed by standard Java APIs such as JAXP.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTE - This implementation is heavily based on the SAXParserFactory and DocumentBuilderFactory implementations (corresponding to the JAXP pluggability APIs) found in Apache Xerces.

author
Craig R. McClanahan
author
Costin Manolache
author
Richard A. Sitze
version
$Revision: 399431 $ $Date: 2006-05-03 21:58:34 +0100 (Wed, 03 May 2006) $

Fields Summary
public static final String
PRIORITY_KEY
The name (priority) of the key in the config file used to specify the priority of that particular config file. The associated value is a floating-point number; higher values take priority over lower values.
public static final String
TCCL_KEY
The name (use_tccl) of the key in the config file used to specify whether logging classes should be loaded via the thread context class loader (TCCL), or not. By default, the TCCL is used.
public static final String
FACTORY_PROPERTY
The name (org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory) of the property used to identify the LogFactory implementation class name. This can be used as a system property, or as an entry in a configuration properties file.
public static final String
FACTORY_DEFAULT
The fully qualified class name of the fallback LogFactory implementation class to use, if no other can be found.
public static final String
FACTORY_PROPERTIES
The name (commons-logging.properties) of the properties file to search for.
protected static final String
SERVICE_ID
JDK1.3+ 'Service Provider' specification.
public static final String
DIAGNOSTICS_DEST_PROPERTY
The name (org.apache.commons.logging.diagnostics.dest) of the property used to enable internal commons-logging diagnostic output, in order to get information on what logging implementations are being discovered, what classloaders they are loaded through, etc.

If a system property of this name is set then the value is assumed to be the name of a file. The special strings STDOUT or STDERR (case-sensitive) indicate output to System.out and System.err respectively.

Diagnostic logging should be used only to debug problematic configurations and should not be set in normal production use.

private static PrintStream
diagnosticsStream
When null (the usual case), no diagnostic output will be generated by LogFactory or LogFactoryImpl. When non-null, interesting events will be written to the specified object.
private static String
diagnosticPrefix
A string that gets prefixed to every message output by the logDiagnostic method, so that users can clearly see which LogFactory class is generating the output.
public static final String
HASHTABLE_IMPLEMENTATION_PROPERTY

Setting this system property (org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.HashtableImpl) value allows the Hashtable used to store classloaders to be substituted by an alternative implementation.

Note: LogFactory will print:

[ERROR] LogFactory: Load of custom hashtable failed
to system error and then continue using a standard Hashtable.

Usage: Set this property when Java is invoked and LogFactory will attempt to load a new instance of the given implementation class. For example, running the following ant scriplet:

<java classname="${test.runner}" fork="yes" failonerror="${test.failonerror}">
...
<sysproperty
key="org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.HashtableImpl"
value="org.apache.commons.logging.AltHashtable"/>
</java>
will mean that LogFactory will load an instance of org.apache.commons.logging.AltHashtable.

A typical use case is to allow a custom Hashtable implementation using weak references to be substituted. This will allow classloaders to be garbage collected without the need to release them (on 1.3+ JVMs only, of course ;)

private static final String
WEAK_HASHTABLE_CLASSNAME
Name used to load the weak hashtable implementation by names
private static ClassLoader
thisClassLoader
A reference to the classloader that loaded this class. This is the same as LogFactory.class.getClassLoader(). However computing this value isn't quite as simple as that, as we potentially need to use AccessControllers etc. It's more efficient to compute it once and cache it here.
protected static Hashtable
factories
The previously constructed LogFactory instances, keyed by the ClassLoader with which it was created.
protected static LogFactory
nullClassLoaderFactory
Prevously constructed LogFactory instance as in the factories map, but for the case where getClassLoader returns null. This can happen when:
  • using JDK1.1 and the calling code is loaded via the system classloader (very common)
  • using JDK1.2+ and the calling code is loaded via the boot classloader (only likely for embedded systems work).
Note that factories is a Hashtable (not a HashMap), and hashtables don't allow null as a key.
Constructors Summary
protected LogFactory()
Protected constructor that is not available for public use.

    
    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors


                  
      
    
Methods Summary
private static voidcacheFactory(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory factory)
Remember this factory, so later calls to LogFactory.getCachedFactory can return the previously created object (together with all its cached Log objects).

param
classLoader should be the current context classloader. Note that this can be null under some circumstances; this is ok.
param
factory should be the factory to cache. This should never be null.

        // Ideally we would assert(factory != null) here. However reporting
        // errors from within a logging implementation is a little tricky!

        if (factory != null) {
            if (classLoader == null) {
                nullClassLoaderFactory = factory;
            } else {
                factories.put(classLoader, factory);
            }
        }
    
protected static java.lang.ObjectcreateFactory(java.lang.String factoryClass, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
Implements the operations described in the javadoc for newFactory.

param
factoryClass
param
classLoader used to load the specified factory class. This is expected to be either the TCCL or the classloader which loaded this class. Note that the classloader which loaded this class might be "null" (ie the bootloader) for embedded systems.
return
either a LogFactory object or a LogConfigurationException object.
since
1.1


        // This will be used to diagnose bad configurations
        // and allow a useful message to be sent to the user
        Class logFactoryClass = null;
        try {
            if (classLoader != null) {
                try {
                    // First the given class loader param (thread class loader)

                    // Warning: must typecast here & allow exception
                    // to be generated/caught & recast properly.
                    logFactoryClass = classLoader.loadClass(factoryClass);
                    if (LogFactory.class.isAssignableFrom(logFactoryClass)) {
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(
                                    "Loaded class " + logFactoryClass.getName()
                                    + " from classloader " + objectId(classLoader));
                        }
                    } else {
                        //
                        // This indicates a problem with the ClassLoader tree.
                        // An incompatible ClassLoader was used to load the 
                        // implementation. 
                        // As the same classes
                        // must be available in multiple class loaders,
                        // it is very likely that multiple JCL jars are present.
                        // The most likely fix for this
                        // problem is to remove the extra JCL jars from the 
                        // ClassLoader hierarchy. 
                        //
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(
                                    "Factory class " + logFactoryClass.getName()
                                + " loaded from classloader " + objectId(logFactoryClass.getClassLoader())
                                + " does not extend '" + LogFactory.class.getName()
                                + "' as loaded by this classloader.");
                            logHierarchy("[BAD CL TREE] ", classLoader);
                        }
                    }
                    
                    return (LogFactory) logFactoryClass.newInstance();

                } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                    if (classLoader == thisClassLoader) {
                        // Nothing more to try, onwards.
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(
                                    "Unable to locate any class called '" + factoryClass
                                    + "' via classloader " + objectId(classLoader));
                        }
                        throw ex;
                    }
                    // ignore exception, continue
                } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
                    if (classLoader == thisClassLoader) {
                        // Nothing more to try, onwards.
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(
                                    "Class '" + factoryClass + "' cannot be loaded"
                                    + " via classloader " + objectId(classLoader)
                                    + " - it depends on some other class that cannot"
                                    + " be found.");
                        }
                        throw e;
                    }
                    // ignore exception, continue
                } catch(ClassCastException e) {
                    if (classLoader == thisClassLoader) {
                        // There's no point in falling through to the code below that
                        // tries again with thisClassLoader, because we've just tried
                        // loading with that loader (not the TCCL). Just throw an
                        // appropriate exception here.

                    	final boolean implementsLogFactory = implementsLogFactory(logFactoryClass);
                        
                        //
                        // Construct a good message: users may not actual expect that a custom implementation 
                        // has been specified. Several well known containers use this mechanism to adapt JCL 
                        // to their native logging system. 
                        // 
                        String msg = 
                            "The application has specified that a custom LogFactory implementation should be used but " +
                            "Class '" + factoryClass + "' cannot be converted to '"
                            + LogFactory.class.getName() + "'. ";
                        if (implementsLogFactory) {
                            msg = msg + "The conflict is caused by the presence of multiple LogFactory classes in incompatible classloaders. " +
                    		"Background can be found in http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/tech.html. " +
                    		"If you have not explicitly specified a custom LogFactory then it is likely that " +
                    		"the container has set one without your knowledge. " +
                    		"In this case, consider using the commons-logging-adapters.jar file or " +
                    		"specifying the standard LogFactory from the command line. ";
                        } else {
                        	msg = msg + "Please check the custom implementation. ";
                        }
                        msg = msg + "Help can be found @http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/troubleshooting.html.";
                        
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(msg);
                        }
                        
                        ClassCastException ex = new ClassCastException(msg);
                        throw ex;
                    }
                    
                    // Ignore exception, continue. Presumably the classloader was the
                    // TCCL; the code below will try to load the class via thisClassLoader.
                    // This will handle the case where the original calling class is in
                    // a shared classpath but the TCCL has a copy of LogFactory and the
                    // specified LogFactory implementation; we will fall back to using the
                    // LogFactory implementation from the same classloader as this class.
                    //
                    // Issue: this doesn't handle the reverse case, where this LogFactory
                    // is in the webapp, and the specified LogFactory implementation is
                    // in a shared classpath. In that case:
                    // (a) the class really does implement LogFactory (bad log msg above)
                    // (b) the fallback code will result in exactly the same problem.
                }
            }

            /* At this point, either classLoader == null, OR
             * classLoader was unable to load factoryClass.
             *
             * In either case, we call Class.forName, which is equivalent
             * to LogFactory.class.getClassLoader().load(name), ie we ignore
             * the classloader parameter the caller passed, and fall back
             * to trying the classloader associated with this class. See the
             * javadoc for the newFactory method for more info on the 
             * consequences of this.
             *
             * Notes:
             * * LogFactory.class.getClassLoader() may return 'null'
             *   if LogFactory is loaded by the bootstrap classloader.
             */
            // Warning: must typecast here & allow exception
            // to be generated/caught & recast properly.
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic(
                    "Unable to load factory class via classloader " 
                    + objectId(classLoader)
                    + " - trying the classloader associated with this LogFactory.");
            }
            logFactoryClass = Class.forName(factoryClass);
            return (LogFactory) logFactoryClass.newInstance();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Check to see if we've got a bad configuration
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic("Unable to create LogFactory instance.");
            }
            if (logFactoryClass != null
                && !LogFactory.class.isAssignableFrom(logFactoryClass)) {
                
                return new LogConfigurationException(
                    "The chosen LogFactory implementation does not extend LogFactory."
                    + " Please check your configuration.",
                    e);
            }
            return new LogConfigurationException(e);
        }
    
private static final java.util.HashtablecreateFactoryStore()
Create the hashtable which will be used to store a map of (context-classloader -> logfactory-object). Version 1.2+ of Java supports "weak references", allowing a custom Hashtable class to be used which uses only weak references to its keys. Using weak references can fix memory leaks on webapp unload in some cases (though not all). Version 1.1 of Java does not support weak references, so we must dynamically determine which we are using. And just for fun, this code also supports the ability for a system property to specify an arbitrary Hashtable implementation name.

Note that the correct way to ensure no memory leaks occur is to ensure that LogFactory.release(contextClassLoader) is called whenever a webapp is undeployed.


                                                                                                                               
         
        Hashtable result = null;
        String storeImplementationClass 
            = System.getProperty(HASHTABLE_IMPLEMENTATION_PROPERTY);
        if (storeImplementationClass == null) {
            storeImplementationClass = WEAK_HASHTABLE_CLASSNAME;
        }
        try {
            Class implementationClass = Class.forName(storeImplementationClass);
            result = (Hashtable) implementationClass.newInstance();
            
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            // ignore
            if (!WEAK_HASHTABLE_CLASSNAME.equals(storeImplementationClass)) {
                // if the user's trying to set up a custom implementation, give a clue
                if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                    // use internal logging to issue the warning
                    logDiagnostic("[ERROR] LogFactory: Load of custom hashtable failed");
                } else {
                    // we *really* want this output, even if diagnostics weren't
                    // explicitly enabled by the user.
                    System.err.println("[ERROR] LogFactory: Load of custom hashtable failed");
                }
            }
        }
        if (result == null) {
            result = new Hashtable();
        }
        return result;
    
protected static java.lang.ClassLoaderdirectGetContextClassLoader()
Return the thread context class loader if available; otherwise return null.

Most/all code should call getContextClassLoader rather than calling this method directly.

The thread context class loader is available for JDK 1.2 or later, if certain security conditions are met.

Note that no internal logging is done within this method because this method is called every time LogFactory.getLogger() is called, and we don't want too much output generated here.

exception
LogConfigurationException if a suitable class loader cannot be identified.
exception
SecurityException if the java security policy forbids access to the context classloader from one of the classes in the current call stack.
since
1.1

        ClassLoader classLoader = null;

        try {
            // Are we running on a JDK 1.2 or later system?
            Method method = Thread.class.getMethod("getContextClassLoader", 
                    (Class[]) null);

            // Get the thread context class loader (if there is one)
            try {
                classLoader = (ClassLoader)method.invoke(Thread.currentThread(), 
                        (Object[]) null);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                throw new LogConfigurationException
                    ("Unexpected IllegalAccessException", e);
            } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
                /**
                 * InvocationTargetException is thrown by 'invoke' when
                 * the method being invoked (getContextClassLoader) throws
                 * an exception.
                 *
                 * getContextClassLoader() throws SecurityException when
                 * the context class loader isn't an ancestor of the
                 * calling class's class loader, or if security
                 * permissions are restricted.
                 *
                 * In the first case (not related), we want to ignore and
                 * keep going.  We cannot help but also ignore the second
                 * with the logic below, but other calls elsewhere (to
                 * obtain a class loader) will trigger this exception where
                 * we can make a distinction.
                 */
                if (e.getTargetException() instanceof SecurityException) {
                    ;  // ignore
                } else {
                    // Capture 'e.getTargetException()' exception for details
                    // alternate: log 'e.getTargetException()', and pass back 'e'.
                    throw new LogConfigurationException
                        ("Unexpected InvocationTargetException", e.getTargetException());
                }
            }
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            // Assume we are running on JDK 1.1
            classLoader = getClassLoader(LogFactory.class);

            // We deliberately don't log a message here to outputStream;
            // this message would be output for every call to LogFactory.getLog()
            // when running on JDK1.1
            //
            // if (outputStream != null) {
            //    outputStream.println(
            //        "Method Thread.getContextClassLoader does not exist;"
            //         + " assuming this is JDK 1.1, and that the context"
            //         + " classloader is the same as the class that loaded"
            //         + " the concrete LogFactory class.");
            // }
            
        }

        // Return the selected class loader
        return classLoader;
    
public abstract java.lang.ObjectgetAttribute(java.lang.String name)
Return the configuration attribute with the specified name (if any), or null if there is no such attribute.

param
name Name of the attribute to return

public abstract java.lang.String[]getAttributeNames()
Return an array containing the names of all currently defined configuration attributes. If there are no such attributes, a zero length array is returned.

private static org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactorygetCachedFactory(java.lang.ClassLoader contextClassLoader)
Check cached factories (keyed by contextClassLoader)

param
contextClassLoader is the context classloader associated with the current thread. This allows separate LogFactory objects per component within a container, provided each component has a distinct context classloader set. This parameter may be null in JDK1.1, and in embedded systems where jcl-using code is placed in the bootclasspath.
return
the factory associated with the specified classloader if one has previously been created, or null if this is the first time we have seen this particular classloader.

        LogFactory factory = null;

        if (contextClassLoader == null) {
            // We have to handle this specially, as factories is a Hashtable
            // and those don't accept null as a key value.
            //
            // nb: nullClassLoaderFactory might be null. That's ok.
            factory = nullClassLoaderFactory;
        } else {
            factory = (LogFactory) factories.get(contextClassLoader);
        }

        return factory;
    
protected static java.lang.ClassLoadergetClassLoader(java.lang.Class clazz)
Safely get access to the classloader for the specified class.

Theoretically, calling getClassLoader can throw a security exception, and so should be done under an AccessController in order to provide maximum flexibility. However in practice people don't appear to use security policies that forbid getClassLoader calls. So for the moment all code is written to call this method rather than Class.getClassLoader, so that we could put AccessController stuff in this method without any disruption later if we need to.

Even when using an AccessController, however, this method can still throw SecurityException. Commons-logging basically relies on the ability to access classloaders, ie a policy that forbids all classloader access will also prevent commons-logging from working: currently this method will throw an exception preventing the entire app from starting up. Maybe it would be good to detect this situation and just disable all commons-logging? Not high priority though - as stated above, security policies that prevent classloader access aren't common.

since
1.1

        try {
            return clazz.getClassLoader();
        } catch(SecurityException ex) {
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic(
                        "Unable to get classloader for class '" + clazz
                        + "' due to security restrictions - " + ex.getMessage());
            }
            throw ex;
        }
    
private static final java.util.PropertiesgetConfigurationFile(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, java.lang.String fileName)
Locate a user-provided configuration file.

The classpath of the specified classLoader (usually the context classloader) is searched for properties files of the specified name. If none is found, null is returned. If more than one is found, then the file with the greatest value for its PRIORITY property is returned. If multiple files have the same PRIORITY value then the first in the classpath is returned.

This differs from the 1.0.x releases; those always use the first one found. However as the priority is a new field, this change is backwards compatible.

The purpose of the priority field is to allow a webserver administrator to override logging settings in all webapps by placing a commons-logging.properties file in a shared classpath location with a priority > 0; this overrides any commons-logging.properties files without priorities which are in the webapps. Webapps can also use explicit priorities to override a configuration file in the shared classpath if needed.


        Properties props = null;
        double priority = 0.0;
        URL propsUrl = null;
        try {
            Enumeration urls = getResources(classLoader, fileName);

            if (urls == null) {
                return null;
            }
            
            while (urls.hasMoreElements()) {
                URL url = (URL) urls.nextElement();
                
                Properties newProps = getProperties(url);
                if (newProps != null) {
                    if (props == null) {
                        propsUrl = url; 
                        props = newProps;
                        String priorityStr = props.getProperty(PRIORITY_KEY);
                        priority = 0.0;
                        if (priorityStr != null) {
                            priority = Double.parseDouble(priorityStr);
                        }

                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(
                                "[LOOKUP] Properties file found at '" + url + "'"
                                + " with priority " + priority); 
                        }
                    } else {
                        String newPriorityStr = newProps.getProperty(PRIORITY_KEY);
                        double newPriority = 0.0;
                        if (newPriorityStr != null) {
                            newPriority = Double.parseDouble(newPriorityStr);
                        }

                        if (newPriority > priority) {
                            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                                logDiagnostic(
                                    "[LOOKUP] Properties file at '" + url + "'"
                                    + " with priority " + newPriority 
                                    + " overrides file at '" + propsUrl + "'"
                                    + " with priority " + priority);
                            }

                            propsUrl = url; 
                            props = newProps;
                            priority = newPriority;
                        } else {
                            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                                logDiagnostic(
                                    "[LOOKUP] Properties file at '" + url + "'"
                                    + " with priority " + newPriority 
                                    + " does not override file at '" + propsUrl + "'"
                                    + " with priority " + priority);
                            }
                        }
                    }

                }
            }
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic("SecurityException thrown while trying to find/read config files.");
            }
        }

        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            if (props == null) {
                logDiagnostic(
                    "[LOOKUP] No properties file of name '" + fileName
                    + "' found.");
            } else {
                logDiagnostic(
                    "[LOOKUP] Properties file of name '" + fileName
                    + "' found at '" + propsUrl + '"");
            }
        }

        return props;
    
protected static java.lang.ClassLoadergetContextClassLoader()
Calls LogFactory.directGetContextClassLoader under the control of an AccessController class. This means that java code running under a security manager that forbids access to ClassLoaders will still work if this class is given appropriate privileges, even when the caller doesn't have such privileges. Without using an AccessController, the the entire call stack must have the privilege before the call is allowed.

return
the context classloader associated with the current thread, or null if security doesn't allow it.
throws
LogConfigurationException if there was some weird error while attempting to get the context classloader.
throws
SecurityException if the current java security policy doesn't allow this class to access the context classloader.


        return (ClassLoader)AccessController.doPrivileged(
            new PrivilegedAction() {
                public Object run() {
                    return directGetContextClassLoader();
                }
            });
    
public static org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactorygetFactory()

Construct (if necessary) and return a LogFactory instance, using the following ordered lookup procedure to determine the name of the implementation class to be loaded.

  • The org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory system property.
  • The JDK 1.3 Service Discovery mechanism
  • Use the properties file commons-logging.properties file, if found in the class path of this class. The configuration file is in standard java.util.Properties format and contains the fully qualified name of the implementation class with the key being the system property defined above.
  • Fall back to a default implementation class (org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl).

NOTE - If the properties file method of identifying the LogFactory implementation class is utilized, all of the properties defined in this file will be set as configuration attributes on the corresponding LogFactory instance.

NOTE - In a multithreaded environment it is possible that two different instances will be returned for the same classloader environment.

exception
LogConfigurationException if the implementation class is not available or cannot be instantiated.

        // Identify the class loader we will be using
        ClassLoader contextClassLoader = getContextClassLoader();

        if (contextClassLoader == null) {
            // This is an odd enough situation to report about. This
            // output will be a nuisance on JDK1.1, as the system
            // classloader is null in that environment.
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic("Context classloader is null.");
            }
        }

        // Return any previously registered factory for this class loader
        LogFactory factory = getCachedFactory(contextClassLoader);
        if (factory != null) {
            return factory;
        }

        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            logDiagnostic(
                    "[LOOKUP] LogFactory implementation requested for the first time for context classloader "
                    + objectId(contextClassLoader));
            logHierarchy("[LOOKUP] ", contextClassLoader);
        }

        // Load properties file.
        //
        // If the properties file exists, then its contents are used as
        // "attributes" on the LogFactory implementation class. One particular
        // property may also control which LogFactory concrete subclass is
        // used, but only if other discovery mechanisms fail..
        //
        // As the properties file (if it exists) will be used one way or 
        // another in the end we may as well look for it first.

        Properties props = getConfigurationFile(contextClassLoader, FACTORY_PROPERTIES);

        // Determine whether we will be using the thread context class loader to
        // load logging classes or not by checking the loaded properties file (if any).
        ClassLoader baseClassLoader = contextClassLoader;
        if (props != null) {
            String useTCCLStr = props.getProperty(TCCL_KEY);
            if (useTCCLStr != null) {
                // The Boolean.valueOf(useTCCLStr).booleanValue() formulation
                // is required for Java 1.2 compatability.
                if (Boolean.valueOf(useTCCLStr).booleanValue() == false) {
                    // Don't use current context classloader when locating any
                    // LogFactory or Log classes, just use the class that loaded
                    // this abstract class. When this class is deployed in a shared
                    // classpath of a container, it means webapps cannot deploy their
                    // own logging implementations. It also means that it is up to the
                    // implementation whether to load library-specific config files
                    // from the TCCL or not.
                    baseClassLoader = thisClassLoader; 
                }
            }
        }

        // Determine which concrete LogFactory subclass to use.
        // First, try a global system property
        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            logDiagnostic(
                    "[LOOKUP] Looking for system property [" + FACTORY_PROPERTY 
                    + "] to define the LogFactory subclass to use...");
        }
        
        try {
            String factoryClass = System.getProperty(FACTORY_PROPERTY);
            if (factoryClass != null) {
                if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                    logDiagnostic(
                            "[LOOKUP] Creating an instance of LogFactory class '" + factoryClass
                            + "' as specified by system property " + FACTORY_PROPERTY);
                }
                
                factory = newFactory(factoryClass, baseClassLoader, contextClassLoader);
            } else {
                if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                    logDiagnostic(
                            "[LOOKUP] No system property [" + FACTORY_PROPERTY 
                            + "] defined.");
                }
            }
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic(
                        "[LOOKUP] A security exception occurred while trying to create an"
                        + " instance of the custom factory class"
                        + ": [" + e.getMessage().trim()
                        + "]. Trying alternative implementations...");
            }
            ;  // ignore
        } catch(RuntimeException e) {
            // This is not consistent with the behaviour when a bad LogFactory class is
            // specified in a services file.
            //
            // One possible exception that can occur here is a ClassCastException when
            // the specified class wasn't castable to this LogFactory type.
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic(
                        "[LOOKUP] An exception occurred while trying to create an"
                        + " instance of the custom factory class"
                        + ": [" + e.getMessage().trim()
                        + "] as specified by a system property.");
            }
            throw e;
        }


        // Second, try to find a service by using the JDK1.3 class
        // discovery mechanism, which involves putting a file with the name
        // of an interface class in the META-INF/services directory, where the
        // contents of the file is a single line specifying a concrete class 
        // that implements the desired interface.

        if (factory == null) {
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic(
                        "[LOOKUP] Looking for a resource file of name [" + SERVICE_ID
                        + "] to define the LogFactory subclass to use...");
            }
            try {
                InputStream is = getResourceAsStream(contextClassLoader,
                                                     SERVICE_ID);

                if( is != null ) {
                    // This code is needed by EBCDIC and other strange systems.
                    // It's a fix for bugs reported in xerces
                    BufferedReader rd;
                    try {
                        rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8"));
                    } catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                        rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
                    }

                    String factoryClassName = rd.readLine();
                    rd.close();

                    if (factoryClassName != null &&
                        ! "".equals(factoryClassName)) {
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(
                                    "[LOOKUP]  Creating an instance of LogFactory class " + factoryClassName
                                    + " as specified by file '" + SERVICE_ID 
                                    + "' which was present in the path of the context"
                                    + " classloader.");
                        }
                        factory = newFactory(factoryClassName, baseClassLoader, contextClassLoader );
                    }
                } else {
                    // is == null
                    if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                        logDiagnostic(
                            "[LOOKUP] No resource file with name '" + SERVICE_ID
                            + "' found.");
                    }
                }
            } catch( Exception ex ) {
                // note: if the specified LogFactory class wasn't compatible with LogFactory
                // for some reason, a ClassCastException will be caught here, and attempts will
                // continue to find a compatible class.
                if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                    logDiagnostic(
                        "[LOOKUP] A security exception occurred while trying to create an"
                        + " instance of the custom factory class"
                        + ": [" + ex.getMessage().trim()
                        + "]. Trying alternative implementations...");
                }
                ; // ignore
            }
        }


        // Third try looking into the properties file read earlier (if found)

        if (factory == null) {
            if (props != null) {
                if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                    logDiagnostic(
                        "[LOOKUP] Looking in properties file for entry with key '" 
                        + FACTORY_PROPERTY
                        + "' to define the LogFactory subclass to use...");
                }
                String factoryClass = props.getProperty(FACTORY_PROPERTY);
                if (factoryClass != null) {
                    if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                        logDiagnostic(
                            "[LOOKUP] Properties file specifies LogFactory subclass '" 
                            + factoryClass + "'");
                    }
                    factory = newFactory(factoryClass, baseClassLoader, contextClassLoader);
                    
                    // TODO: think about whether we need to handle exceptions from newFactory
                } else {
                    if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                        logDiagnostic(
                            "[LOOKUP] Properties file has no entry specifying LogFactory subclass.");
                    }
                }
            } else {
                if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                    logDiagnostic(
                        "[LOOKUP] No properties file available to determine"
                        + " LogFactory subclass from..");
                }
            }
        }


        // Fourth, try the fallback implementation class

        if (factory == null) {
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic(
                "[LOOKUP] Loading the default LogFactory implementation '" + FACTORY_DEFAULT
                + "' via the same classloader that loaded this LogFactory"
                + " class (ie not looking in the context classloader).");
            }
            
            // Note: unlike the above code which can try to load custom LogFactory
            // implementations via the TCCL, we don't try to load the default LogFactory
            // implementation via the context classloader because:
            // * that can cause problems (see comments in newFactory method)
            // * no-one should be customising the code of the default class
            // Yes, we do give up the ability for the child to ship a newer
            // version of the LogFactoryImpl class and have it used dynamically
            // by an old LogFactory class in the parent, but that isn't 
            // necessarily a good idea anyway.
            factory = newFactory(FACTORY_DEFAULT, thisClassLoader, contextClassLoader);
        }

        if (factory != null) {
            /**
             * Always cache using context class loader.
             */
            cacheFactory(contextClassLoader, factory);

            if( props!=null ) {
                Enumeration names = props.propertyNames();
                while (names.hasMoreElements()) {
                    String name = (String) names.nextElement();
                    String value = props.getProperty(name);
                    factory.setAttribute(name, value);
                }
            }
        }

        return factory;
    
public abstract org.apache.commons.logging.LoggetInstance(java.lang.Class clazz)
Convenience method to derive a name from the specified class and call getInstance(String) with it.

param
clazz Class for which a suitable Log name will be derived
exception
LogConfigurationException if a suitable Log instance cannot be returned

public abstract org.apache.commons.logging.LoggetInstance(java.lang.String name)

Construct (if necessary) and return a Log instance, using the factory's current set of configuration attributes.

NOTE - Depending upon the implementation of the LogFactory you are using, the Log instance you are returned may or may not be local to the current application, and may or may not be returned again on a subsequent call with the same name argument.

param
name Logical name of the Log instance to be returned (the meaning of this name is only known to the underlying logging implementation that is being wrapped)
exception
LogConfigurationException if a suitable Log instance cannot be returned

public static org.apache.commons.logging.LoggetLog(java.lang.Class clazz)
Convenience method to return a named logger, without the application having to care about factories.

param
clazz Class from which a log name will be derived
exception
LogConfigurationException if a suitable Log instance cannot be returned


        // BEGIN android-added
        return getLog(clazz.getName());
        // END android-added
        // BEGIN android-deleted
        //return (getFactory().getInstance(clazz));
        // END android-deleted

    
public static org.apache.commons.logging.LoggetLog(java.lang.String name)
Convenience method to return a named logger, without the application having to care about factories.

param
name Logical name of the Log instance to be returned (the meaning of this name is only known to the underlying logging implementation that is being wrapped)
exception
LogConfigurationException if a suitable Log instance cannot be returned


        // BEGIN android-added
        return new org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger(name);
        // END android-added
        // BEGIN android-deleted
        //return (getFactory().getInstance(name));
        // END android-deleted

    
private static java.util.PropertiesgetProperties(java.net.URL url)
Given a URL that refers to a .properties file, load that file. This is done under an AccessController so that this method will succeed when this jarfile is privileged but the caller is not. This method must therefore remain private to avoid security issues.

Null is returned if the URL cannot be opened.

        PrivilegedAction action = 
            new PrivilegedAction() {
                public Object run() {
                    try {
                        InputStream stream = url.openStream();
                        if (stream != null) {
                            Properties props = new Properties();
                            props.load(stream);
                            stream.close();
                            return props;
                        }
                    } catch(IOException e) {
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic("Unable to read URL " + url);
                        }
                    }

                    return null;
                }
            };
        return (Properties) AccessController.doPrivileged(action);
    
private static java.io.InputStreamgetResourceAsStream(java.lang.ClassLoader loader, java.lang.String name)
Applets may run in an environment where accessing resources of a loader is a secure operation, but where the commons-logging library has explicitly been granted permission for that operation. In this case, we need to run the operation using an AccessController.

        return (InputStream)AccessController.doPrivileged(
            new PrivilegedAction() {
                public Object run() {
                    if (loader != null) {
                        return loader.getResourceAsStream(name);
                    } else {
                        return ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(name);
                    }
                }
            });
    
private static java.util.EnumerationgetResources(java.lang.ClassLoader loader, java.lang.String name)
Given a filename, return an enumeration of URLs pointing to all the occurrences of that filename in the classpath.

This is just like ClassLoader.getResources except that the operation is done under an AccessController so that this method will succeed when this jarfile is privileged but the caller is not. This method must therefore remain private to avoid security issues.

If no instances are found, an Enumeration is returned whose hasMoreElements method returns false (ie an "empty" enumeration). If resources could not be listed for some reason, null is returned.

        PrivilegedAction action = 
            new PrivilegedAction() {
                public Object run() {
                    try {
                        if (loader != null) {
                            return loader.getResources(name);
                        } else {
                            return ClassLoader.getSystemResources(name);
                        }
                    } catch(IOException e) {
                        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                            logDiagnostic(
                                "Exception while trying to find configuration file "
                                + name + ":" + e.getMessage());
                        }
                        return null;
                    } catch(NoSuchMethodError e) {
                        // we must be running on a 1.1 JVM which doesn't support
                        // ClassLoader.getSystemResources; just return null in
                        // this case.
                        return null;
                    }
                }
            };
        Object result = AccessController.doPrivileged(action);
        return (Enumeration) result;
    
private static booleanimplementsLogFactory(java.lang.Class logFactoryClass)
Determines whether the given class actually implements LogFactory. Diagnostic information is also logged.

Usage: to diagnose whether a classloader conflict is the cause of incompatibility. The test used is whether the class is assignable from the LogFactory class loaded by the class's classloader.

param
logFactoryClass Class which may implement LogFactory
return
true if the logFactoryClass does extend LogFactory when that class is loaded via the same classloader that loaded the logFactoryClass.

        boolean implementsLogFactory = false;
        if (logFactoryClass != null) {
            try {
                ClassLoader logFactoryClassLoader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader();
                if (logFactoryClassLoader == null) {
                    logDiagnostic("[CUSTOM LOG FACTORY] was loaded by the boot classloader");
                } else {
                    logHierarchy("[CUSTOM LOG FACTORY] ", logFactoryClassLoader);
                    Class factoryFromCustomLoader
                        = Class.forName("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory", false, logFactoryClassLoader);
                    implementsLogFactory = factoryFromCustomLoader.isAssignableFrom(logFactoryClass);
                    if (implementsLogFactory) {
                        logDiagnostic("[CUSTOM LOG FACTORY] " + logFactoryClass.getName()
                                + " implements LogFactory but was loaded by an incompatible classloader.");
                    } else {
                        logDiagnostic("[CUSTOM LOG FACTORY] " + logFactoryClass.getName()
                                + " does not implement LogFactory.");
                    }
                }
            } catch (SecurityException e) {
                //
                // The application is running within a hostile security environment.
                // This will make it very hard to diagnose issues with JCL.
                // Consider running less securely whilst debugging this issue.
                //
                logDiagnostic("[CUSTOM LOG FACTORY] SecurityException thrown whilst trying to determine whether " +
                        "the compatibility was caused by a classloader conflict: "
                        + e.getMessage());
            } catch (LinkageError e) {
                //
                // This should be an unusual circumstance.
                // LinkageError's usually indicate that a dependent class has incompatibly changed.
                // Another possibility may be an exception thrown by an initializer.
                // Time for a clean rebuild?
                //
                logDiagnostic("[CUSTOM LOG FACTORY] LinkageError thrown whilst trying to determine whether " +
                        "the compatibility was caused by a classloader conflict: "
                        + e.getMessage());
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                //
                // LogFactory cannot be loaded by the classloader which loaded the custom factory implementation.
                // The custom implementation is not viable until this is corrected.
                // Ensure that the JCL jar and the custom class are available from the same classloader.
                // Running with diagnostics on should give information about the classloaders used
                // to load the custom factory.
                //
                logDiagnostic("[CUSTOM LOG FACTORY] LogFactory class cannot be loaded by classloader which loaded the " +
                        "custom LogFactory implementation. Is the custom factory in the right classloader?");
            }
        }
        return implementsLogFactory;
    
private static voidinitDiagnostics()
Determines whether the user wants internal diagnostic output. If so, returns an appropriate writer object. Users can enable diagnostic output by setting the system property named {@link #DIAGNOSTICS_DEST_PROPERTY} to a filename, or the special values STDOUT or STDERR.

        String dest;
    	try {
    	    dest = System.getProperty(DIAGNOSTICS_DEST_PROPERTY);
    	    if (dest == null) {
    	        return;
    	    }
    	} catch(SecurityException ex) {
    	    // We must be running in some very secure environment.
    	    // We just have to assume output is not wanted..
    	    return;
    	}
    	
    	if (dest.equals("STDOUT")) {
    	    diagnosticsStream = System.out;
    	} else if (dest.equals("STDERR")) {
    	    diagnosticsStream = System.err;
    	} else {
    	    try {
                // open the file in append mode
    	        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(dest, true);
    	        diagnosticsStream = new PrintStream(fos);
    	    } catch(IOException ex) {
    	        // We should report this to the user - but how?
    	        return;
    	    }
    	}

        // In order to avoid confusion where multiple instances of JCL are
        // being used via different classloaders within the same app, we
        // ensure each logged message has a prefix of form
        // [LogFactory from classloader OID]
        //
        // Note that this prefix should be kept consistent with that 
        // in LogFactoryImpl. However here we don't need to output info
        // about the actual *instance* of LogFactory, as all methods that
        // output diagnostics from this class are static.
        String classLoaderName;
        try {
            ClassLoader classLoader = thisClassLoader;
            if (thisClassLoader == null) {
                classLoaderName = "BOOTLOADER";
            } else {
                classLoaderName = objectId(classLoader);
            }
        } catch(SecurityException e) {
            classLoaderName = "UNKNOWN";
        }
        diagnosticPrefix = "[LogFactory from " + classLoaderName + "] ";
    
protected static booleanisDiagnosticsEnabled()
Indicates true if the user has enabled internal logging.

By the way, sorry for the incorrect grammar, but calling this method areDiagnosticsEnabled just isn't java beans style.

return
true if calls to logDiagnostic will have any effect.
since
1.1

        return diagnosticsStream != null;
    
private static voidlogClassLoaderEnvironment(java.lang.Class clazz)
Generate useful diagnostics regarding the classloader tree for the specified class.

As an example, if the specified class was loaded via a webapp's classloader, then you may get the following output:

Class com.acme.Foo was loaded via classloader 11111
ClassLoader tree: 11111 -> 22222 (SYSTEM) -> 33333 -> BOOT

This method returns immediately if isDiagnosticsEnabled() returns false.

param
clazz is the class whose classloader + tree are to be output.

        if (!isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            return;
        }
        
        try {
            logDiagnostic("[ENV] Extension directories (java.ext.dir): " + System.getProperty("java.ext.dir"));
            logDiagnostic("[ENV] Application classpath (java.class.path): " + System.getProperty("java.class.path"));
        } catch(SecurityException ex) {
            logDiagnostic("[ENV] Security setting prevent interrogation of system classpaths.");
        }
        
        String className = clazz.getName();
        ClassLoader classLoader;
        
        try {
            classLoader = getClassLoader(clazz);
        } catch(SecurityException ex) {
            // not much useful diagnostics we can print here!
            logDiagnostic(
                "[ENV] Security forbids determining the classloader for " + className);
            return;
        }

        logDiagnostic(
            "[ENV] Class " + className + " was loaded via classloader "
            + objectId(classLoader));
        logHierarchy("[ENV] Ancestry of classloader which loaded " + className + " is ", classLoader);
    
private static final voidlogDiagnostic(java.lang.String msg)
Write the specified message to the internal logging destination.

Note that this method is private; concrete subclasses of this class should not call it because the diagnosticPrefix string this method puts in front of all its messages is LogFactory@...., while subclasses should put SomeSubClass@...

Subclasses should instead compute their own prefix, then call logRawDiagnostic. Note that calling isDiagnosticsEnabled is fine for subclasses.

Note that it is safe to call this method before initDiagnostics is called; any output will just be ignored (as isDiagnosticsEnabled will return false).

param
msg is the diagnostic message to be output.

        if (diagnosticsStream != null) {
            diagnosticsStream.print(diagnosticPrefix);
            diagnosticsStream.println(msg);
            diagnosticsStream.flush();
        }
    
private static voidlogHierarchy(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
Logs diagnostic messages about the given classloader and it's hierarchy. The prefix is prepended to the message and is intended to make it easier to understand the logs.

param
prefix
param
classLoader

        if (!isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            return;
        }
        ClassLoader systemClassLoader;
        if (classLoader != null) {
            final String classLoaderString = classLoader.toString();
            logDiagnostic(prefix + objectId(classLoader) + " == '" + classLoaderString + "'");
        }
        
        try {
            systemClassLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
        } catch(SecurityException ex) {
            logDiagnostic(
                    prefix + "Security forbids determining the system classloader.");
            return;
        }        
        if (classLoader != null) {
            StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(prefix + "ClassLoader tree:");
            for(;;) {
                buf.append(objectId(classLoader));
                if (classLoader == systemClassLoader) {
                    buf.append(" (SYSTEM) ");
                }

                try {
                    classLoader = classLoader.getParent();
                } catch(SecurityException ex) {
                    buf.append(" --> SECRET");
                    break;
                }

                buf.append(" --> ");
                if (classLoader == null) {
                    buf.append("BOOT");
                    break;
                }
            }
            logDiagnostic(buf.toString());
        }
    
protected static final voidlogRawDiagnostic(java.lang.String msg)
Write the specified message to the internal logging destination.

param
msg is the diagnostic message to be output.
since
1.1

        if (diagnosticsStream != null) {
            diagnosticsStream.println(msg);
            diagnosticsStream.flush();
        }
    
protected static org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactorynewFactory(java.lang.String factoryClass, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, java.lang.ClassLoader contextClassLoader)
Return a new instance of the specified LogFactory implementation class, loaded by the specified class loader. If that fails, try the class loader used to load this (abstract) LogFactory.

ClassLoader conflicts

Note that there can be problems if the specified ClassLoader is not the same as the classloader that loaded this class, ie when loading a concrete LogFactory subclass via a context classloader.

The problem is the same one that can occur when loading a concrete Log subclass via a context classloader.

The problem occurs when code running in the context classloader calls class X which was loaded via a parent classloader, and class X then calls LogFactory.getFactory (either directly or via LogFactory.getLog). Because class X was loaded via the parent, it binds to LogFactory loaded via the parent. When the code in this method finds some LogFactoryYYYY class in the child (context) classloader, and there also happens to be a LogFactory class defined in the child classloader, then LogFactoryYYYY will be bound to LogFactory@childloader. It cannot be cast to LogFactory@parentloader, ie this method cannot return the object as the desired type. Note that it doesn't matter if the LogFactory class in the child classloader is identical to the LogFactory class in the parent classloader, they are not compatible.

The solution taken here is to simply print out an error message when this occurs then throw an exception. The deployer of the application must ensure they remove all occurrences of the LogFactory class from the child classloader in order to resolve the issue. Note that they do not have to move the custom LogFactory subclass; that is ok as long as the only LogFactory class it can find to bind to is in the parent classloader.

param
factoryClass Fully qualified name of the LogFactory implementation class
param
classLoader ClassLoader from which to load this class
param
contextClassLoader is the context that this new factory will manage logging for.
exception
LogConfigurationException if a suitable instance cannot be created
since
1.1

        // Note that any unchecked exceptions thrown by the createFactory
        // method will propagate out of this method; in particular a
        // ClassCastException can be thrown.
        Object result = AccessController.doPrivileged(
            new PrivilegedAction() {
                public Object run() {
                    return createFactory(factoryClass, classLoader);
                }
            });

        if (result instanceof LogConfigurationException) {
            LogConfigurationException ex = (LogConfigurationException) result;
            if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
                logDiagnostic(
                        "An error occurred while loading the factory class:"
                        + ex.getMessage());
            }
            throw ex;
        }
        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            logDiagnostic(
                    "Created object " + objectId(result)
                    + " to manage classloader " + objectId(contextClassLoader));
        }
        return (LogFactory)result;
    
protected static org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactorynewFactory(java.lang.String factoryClass, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
Method provided for backwards compatibility; see newFactory version that takes 3 parameters.

This method would only ever be called in some rather odd situation. Note that this method is static, so overriding in a subclass doesn't have any effect unless this method is called from a method in that subclass. However this method only makes sense to use from the getFactory method, and as that is almost always invoked via LogFactory.getFactory, any custom definition in a subclass would be pointless. Only a class with a custom getFactory method, then invoked directly via CustomFactoryImpl.getFactory or similar would ever call this. Anyway, it's here just in case, though the "managed class loader" value output to the diagnostics will not report the correct value.

	    return newFactory(factoryClass, classLoader, null);
    
public static java.lang.StringobjectId(java.lang.Object o)
Returns a string that uniquely identifies the specified object, including its class.

The returned string is of form "classname@hashcode", ie is the same as the return value of the Object.toString() method, but works even when the specified object's class has overidden the toString method.

param
o may be null.
return
a string of form classname@hashcode, or "null" if param o is null.
since
1.1

        if (o == null) {
            return "null";
        } else {
            return o.getClass().getName() + "@" + System.identityHashCode(o);
        }
    
public static voidrelease(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
Release any internal references to previously created {@link LogFactory} instances that have been associated with the specified class loader (if any), after calling the instance method release() on each of them.

param
classLoader ClassLoader for which to release the LogFactory


        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            logDiagnostic("Releasing factory for classloader " + objectId(classLoader));
        }
        synchronized (factories) {
            if (classLoader == null) {
                if (nullClassLoaderFactory != null) {
                    nullClassLoaderFactory.release();
                    nullClassLoaderFactory = null;
                }
            } else {
                LogFactory factory = (LogFactory) factories.get(classLoader);
                if (factory != null) {
                    factory.release();
                    factories.remove(classLoader);
                }
            }
        }

    
public abstract voidrelease()
Release any internal references to previously created {@link Log} instances returned by this factory. This is useful in environments like servlet containers, which implement application reloading by throwing away a ClassLoader. Dangling references to objects in that class loader would prevent garbage collection.

public static voidreleaseAll()
Release any internal references to previously created {@link LogFactory} instances, after calling the instance method release() on each of them. This is useful in environments like servlet containers, which implement application reloading by throwing away a ClassLoader. Dangling references to objects in that class loader would prevent garbage collection.


        if (isDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
            logDiagnostic("Releasing factory for all classloaders.");
        }
        synchronized (factories) {
            Enumeration elements = factories.elements();
            while (elements.hasMoreElements()) {
                LogFactory element = (LogFactory) elements.nextElement();
                element.release();
            }
            factories.clear();

            if (nullClassLoaderFactory != null) {
                nullClassLoaderFactory.release();
                nullClassLoaderFactory = null;
            }
        }

    
public abstract voidremoveAttribute(java.lang.String name)
Remove any configuration attribute associated with the specified name. If there is no such attribute, no action is taken.

param
name Name of the attribute to remove

public abstract voidsetAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
Set the configuration attribute with the specified name. Calling this with a null value is equivalent to calling removeAttribute(name).

param
name Name of the attribute to set
param
value Value of the attribute to set, or null to remove any setting for this attribute