org.apache.tools.ant

Interface BuildLogger

public interface BuildLogger extends BuildListener

Interface used by Ant to log the build output. A build logger is a build listener which has the 'right' to send output to the ant log, which is usually System.out unless redirected by the -logfile option.

Method Summary
void	setEmacsMode(boolean emacsMode) Sets this logger to produce emacs (and other editor) friendly output.
void	setErrorPrintStream(PrintStream err) Sets the output stream to which this logger is to send error messages.
void	setMessageOutputLevel(int level) Sets the highest level of message this logger should respond to.
void	setOutputPrintStream(PrintStream output) Sets the output stream to which this logger is to send its output.

Method Detail

setEmacsMode

public void setEmacsMode(boolean emacsMode)

Sets this logger to produce emacs (and other editor) friendly output.

Parameters: emacsMode true if output is to be unadorned so that emacs and other editors can parse files names, etc.

setErrorPrintStream

public void setErrorPrintStream(PrintStream err)

Sets the output stream to which this logger is to send error messages.

Parameters: err The error stream for the logger. Must not be null.

setMessageOutputLevel

public void setMessageOutputLevel(int level)

Sets the highest level of message this logger should respond to. Only messages with a message level lower than or equal to the given level should be written to the log.

Constants for the message levels are in the Project class. The order of the levels, from least to most verbose, is MSG_ERR, MSG_WARN, MSG_INFO, MSG_VERBOSE, MSG_DEBUG.

Parameters: level the logging level for the logger.

setOutputPrintStream

public void setOutputPrintStream(PrintStream output)

Sets the output stream to which this logger is to send its output.

Parameters: output The output stream for the logger. Must not be null.