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</script><div xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" class="MainContent"><table class="classHeaderTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="classHeaderTableLabel">Package</td><td><a href="package-detail.html" onclick="javascript:loadClassListFrame('class-list.html')">mx.logging</a></td></tr><tr><td class="classHeaderTableLabel">Class</td><td class="classSignature">public class AbstractTarget</td></tr><tr><td class="classHeaderTableLabel">Inheritance</td><td class="inheritanceList">AbstractTarget <img src="../../images/inherit-arrow.gif" title="Inheritance" alt="Inheritance" class="inheritArrow"> Object</td></tr><tr><td class="classHeaderTableLabel">Implements</td><td> <a href="../../mx/logging/ILoggingTarget.html">ILoggingTarget</a>, <a href="../../mx/core/IMXMLObject.html">IMXMLObject</a></td></tr><tr><td class="classHeaderTableLabel">Subclasses</td><td> <a href="../../mx/logging/targets/LineFormattedTarget.html">LineFormattedTarget</a></td></tr></table><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>
This class provides the basic functionality required by the logging framework
for a target implementation.
It handles the validation of filter expressions and provides a default level
property.
No implementation of the <code>logEvent()</code> method is provided.
<p></p><br/><hr></div><a name="propertySummary"></a><div class="summarySection"><div class="summaryTableTitle">Public Properties</div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" class="summaryTable " id="summaryTableProperty"><tr><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="2">Property</th><th class="summaryTableOwnerCol">Defined By</th></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><a href="#filters" class="signatureLink">filters</a> : Array<div class="summaryTableDescription">
In addition to the level setting, filters are used to
provide a psuedo-hierarchical mapping for processing only those events
for a given category.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><a href="#id" class="signatureLink">id</a> : String<div class="summaryTableDescription">[read-only]
Provides access to the id of this target.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><a href="#level" class="signatureLink">level</a> : int<div class="summaryTableDescription">
Provides access to the level this target is currently set at.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr></table></div><a name="methodSummary"></a><div class="summarySection"><div class="summaryTableTitle">Public Methods </div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" class="summaryTable " id="summaryTableMethod"><tr><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="2">Method</th><th class="summaryTableOwnerCol">Defined By</th></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><div class="summarySignature"><a href="#AbstractTarget()" class="signatureLink">AbstractTarget</a>()</div><div class="summaryTableDescription">
Constructor.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><div class="summarySignature"><a href="#addLogger()" class="signatureLink">addLogger</a>(logger:<a href="../../mx/logging/ILogger.html">ILogger</a>):void</div><div class="summaryTableDescription">
Sets up this target with the specified logger.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><div class="summarySignature"><a href="#initialized()" class="signatureLink">initialized</a>(document:Object, id:String):void</div><div class="summaryTableDescription">
Called after the implementing object has been created
and all properties specified on the tag have been assigned.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><div class="summarySignature"><a href="#logEvent()" class="signatureLink">logEvent</a>(event:<a href="../../mx/logging/LogEvent.html">LogEvent</a>):void</div><div class="summaryTableDescription">
This method handles a LogEvent from an associated logger.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="summaryTablePaddingCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableInheritanceCol">&nbsp;</td><td class="summaryTableSignatureCol"><div class="summarySignature"><a href="#removeLogger()" class="signatureLink">removeLogger</a>(logger:<a href="../../mx/logging/ILogger.html">ILogger</a>):void</div><div class="summaryTableDescription">
Stops this target from receiving events from the specified logger.</div></td><td class="summaryTableOwnerCol">AbstractTarget</td></tr></table></div><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"><!--
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--></script><div class="MainContent"><div class="detailSectionHeader">Property Detail</div><a name="propertyDetail"></a><a name="filters"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">filters</td><td class="detailHeaderType">property</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code>filters:Array</code><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>
In addition to the <code>level</code> setting, filters are used to
provide a psuedo-hierarchical mapping for processing only those events
for a given category.
<p>
Each logger belongs to a category.
By convention these categories map to the fully-qualified class name in
which the logger is used.
For example, a logger that is logging messages for the
<code>mx.rpc.soap.WebService</code> class, uses
"mx.rpc.soap.WebService" as the parameter to the
<code>Log.getLogger()</code> method call.
When messages are sent under this category only those targets that have
a filter which matches that category receive notification of those
events.
Filter expressions can include a wildcard match, indicated with an
asterisk.
The wildcard must be the right-most character in the expression.
For example: rpc*, mx.*, or *.
If an invalid expression is specified, a <code>InvalidFilterError</code>
is thrown.
If <code>null</code> or [] is specified, the filters are set to the
default of ["*"].
</p>
<p>For example:
<pre>
var traceLogger:ILoggingTarget = new TraceTarget();
traceLogger.filters = ["mx.rpc.*", "mx.messaging.*"];
Log.addTarget(traceLogger);
</pre>
</p>
</p><br/><span class="label"> Implementation </span><br/><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public function get filters():Array</code><br/><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public function set filters(value:Array):void</code><br/></div><a name="propertyDetail"></a><a name="id"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">id</td><td class="detailHeaderType">property</td><td class="detailHeaderRule">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code>id:String</code>&nbsp;&nbsp;[read-only] <p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>
Provides access to the id of this target.
The id is assigned at runtime by the mxml compiler if used as an mxml
tag, or internally if used within a script block
</p><br/><span class="label"> Implementation </span><br/><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public function get id():String</code><br/></div><a name="propertyDetail"></a><a name="level"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">level</td><td class="detailHeaderType">property</td><td class="detailHeaderRule">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code>level:int</code><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>
Provides access to the level this target is currently set at.
Value values are:
<ul>
<li><code>LogEventLevel.FATAL (1000)</code> designates events that are very
harmful and will eventually lead to application failure</li>
<li><code>LogEventLevel.ERROR (8)</code> designates error events that might
still allow the application to continue running.</li>
<li><code>LogEventLevel.WARN (6)</code> designates events that could be
harmful to the application operation</li>
<li><code>LogEventLevel.INFO (4)</code> designates informational messages
that highlight the progress of the application at
coarse-grained level.</li>
<li><code>LogEventLevel.DEBUG (2)</code> designates informational
level messages that are fine grained and most helpful when
debugging an application.</li>
<li><code>LogEventLevel.ALL (0)</code> intended to force a target to
process all messages.</li>
</ul>
</p><br/><span class="label"> Implementation </span><br/><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public function get level():int</code><br/><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public function set level(value:int):void</code><br/></div><a name="constructorDetail"></a><div class="detailSectionHeader">Constructor Detail</div><a name="AbstractTarget()"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">AbstractTarget</td><td class="detailHeaderParens">()</td><td class="detailHeaderType">Constructor</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code>public function AbstractTarget()</code><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p>
Constructor.
</p></div><a name="methodDetail"></a><div class="detailSectionHeader">Method Detail</div><a name="addLogger()"></a><a name="addLogger(mx.logging.ILogger)"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">addLogger</td><td class="detailHeaderParens">()</td><td class="detailHeaderType">method</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code> public function addLogger(logger:<a href="../../mx/logging/ILogger.html">ILogger</a>):void</code><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>
Sets up this target with the specified logger.
This allows this target to receive log events from the specified logger.
</p><p><span class="label"> Parameters </span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">logger</span>:<a href="../../mx/logging/ILogger.html">ILogger</a></code> &mdash; The ILogger that this target should listen to.
</td></tr></table></p></div><a name="initialized()"></a><a name="initialized(Object,String)"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">initialized</td><td class="detailHeaderParens">()</td><td class="detailHeaderType">method</td><td class="detailHeaderRule">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code> public function initialized(document:Object, id:String):void</code><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>
Called after the implementing object has been created
and all properties specified on the tag have been assigned.
</p><p><span class="label"> Parameters </span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">document</span>:Object</code> &mdash; MXML document that created this object.
</td></tr><tr><td class="paramSpacer">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">id</span>:String</code> &mdash; Used by the document to refer to this object.
If the object is a deep property on the document, id is null.
</td></tr></table></p></div><a name="logEvent()"></a><a name="logEvent(mx.logging.LogEvent)"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">logEvent</td><td class="detailHeaderParens">()</td><td class="detailHeaderType">method</td><td class="detailHeaderRule">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code> public function logEvent(event:<a href="../../mx/logging/LogEvent.html">LogEvent</a>):void</code><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>
This method handles a <code>LogEvent</code> from an associated logger.
A target uses this method to translate the event into the appropriate
format for transmission, storage, or display.
This method will be called only if the event's level is in range of the
target's level.
<p><b><i>NOTE: Descendants must override this method to make it useful.</i></b></p>
</p><p><span class="label"> Parameters </span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">event</span>:<a href="../../mx/logging/LogEvent.html">LogEvent</a></code> &mdash; An event from an associated logger.
</td></tr></table></p></div><a name="removeLogger()"></a><a name="removeLogger(mx.logging.ILogger)"></a><table class="detailHeader" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="detailHeaderName">removeLogger</td><td class="detailHeaderParens">()</td><td class="detailHeaderType">method</td><td class="detailHeaderRule">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><div class="detailBody"><code> public function removeLogger(logger:<a href="../../mx/logging/ILogger.html">ILogger</a>):void</code><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Language Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>ActionScript 3.0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Product Version :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flex 3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><b> Runtime Versions :&nbsp;</b></td><td>Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>
Stops this target from receiving events from the specified logger.
</p><p><span class="label"> Parameters </span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">logger</span>:<a href="../../mx/logging/ILogger.html">ILogger</a></code> &mdash; The ILogger that this target should ignore.
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