src/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java

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package org.apache.log4j;

import org.apache.log4j.spi.AppenderAttachable;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerRepository;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.NullEnumeration;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.MissingResourceException;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;


/**
  * <font color="#AA2222"><b>This class has been deprecated and
  * replaced by the {@link Logger} <em>subclass</em></b></font>. It
  * will be kept around to preserve backward compatibility until mid
  * 2003.
  * 
  * <p><code>Logger</code> is a subclass of Category, i.e. it extends
  * Category. In other words, a logger <em>is</em> a category. Thus,
  * all operations that can be performed on a category can be
  * performed on a logger. Internally, whenever log4j is asked to
  * produce a Category object, it will instead produce a Logger
  * object. Log4j 1.2 will <em>never</em> produce Category objects but
  * only <code>Logger</code> instances. In order to preserve backward
  * compatibility, methods that previously accepted category objects
  * still continue to accept category objects.
  * 
  * <p>For example, the following are all legal and will work as
  * expected.
  * 
   <pre>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// Deprecated form:
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Category cat = Category.getInstance("foo.bar")
   
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// Preferred form for retrieving loggers:
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("foo.bar")
   </pre>
   
  *  <p>The first form is deprecated and should be avoided.
  * 
  *  <p><b>There is absolutely no need for new client code to use or
  *  refer to the <code>Category</code> class.</b> Whenever possible,
  *  please avoid referring to it or using it.
  * 
  * <p>See the <a href="../../../../manual.html">short manual</a> for an
  * introduction on this class.
  * <p>
  * See the document entitled <a href="http://www.qos.ch/logging/preparingFor13.html">preparing
  *  for log4j 1.3</a> for a more detailed discussion.
  *
  * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
  * @author Anders Kristensen 
  */
public class Category implements AppenderAttachable {

  /**
     The hierarchy where categories are attached to by default.
  */
  //static
  //public
  //final Hierarchy defaultHierarchy = new Hierarchy(new
  //					   RootCategory(Level.DEBUG));

  /**
     The name of this category.
  */
  protected String   name;

  /**
     The assigned level of this category.  The
     <code>level</code> variable need not be assigned a value in
     which case it is inherited form the hierarchy.  */
  volatile protected Level level;

  /**
     The parent of this category. All categories have at least one
     ancestor which is the root category. */
  volatile protected Category parent;

  /**
     The fully qualified name of the Category class. See also the
     getFQCN method. */
  private static final String FQCN = Category.class.getName();

  protected ResourceBundle resourceBundle;

  // Categories need to know what Hierarchy they are in
  protected LoggerRepository repository;


  AppenderAttachableImpl aai;

  /** Additivity is set to true by default, that is children inherit
      the appenders of their ancestors by default. If this variable is
      set to <code>false</code> then the appenders found in the
      ancestors of this category are not used. However, the children
      of this category will inherit its appenders, unless the children
      have their additivity flag set to <code>false</code> too. See
      the user manual for more details. */
  protected boolean additive = true;

  /**
     This constructor created a new <code>Category</code> instance and
     sets its name.

     <p>It is intended to be used by sub-classes only. You should not
     create categories directly.

     @param name The name of the category.
  */
  protected
  Category(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  /**
     Add <code>newAppender</code> to the list of appenders of this
     Category instance.

     <p>If <code>newAppender</code> is already in the list of
     appenders, then it won't be added again.
  */
  synchronized
  public
  void addAppender(Appender newAppender) {
    if(aai == null) {
      aai = new AppenderAttachableImpl();
    }
    aai.addAppender(newAppender);
    repository.fireAddAppenderEvent(this, newAppender);
  }

  /**
     If <code>assertion</code> parameter is <code>false</code>, then
     logs <code>msg</code> as an {@link #error(Object) error} statement.

     <p>The <code>assert</code> method has been renamed to
     <code>assertLog</code> because <code>assert</code> is a language
     reserved word in JDK 1.4.

     @param assertion
     @param msg The message to print if <code>assertion</code> is
     false.

     @since 1.2 */
  public
  void assertLog(boolean assertion, String msg) {
    if(!assertion)
      this.error(msg);
  }


  /**
     Call the appenders in the hierrachy starting at
     <code>this</code>.  If no appenders could be found, emit a
     warning.

     <p>This method calls all the appenders inherited from the
     hierarchy circumventing any evaluation of whether to log or not
     to log the particular log request.

     @param event the event to log.  */
  public
  void callAppenders(LoggingEvent event) {
    int writes = 0;

    for(Category c = this; c != null; c=c.parent) {
      // Protected against simultaneous call to addAppender, removeAppender,...
      synchronized(c) {
	if(c.aai != null) {
	  writes += c.aai.appendLoopOnAppenders(event);
	}
	if(!c.additive) {
	  break;
	}
      }
    }

    if(writes == 0) {
      repository.emitNoAppenderWarning(this);
    }
  }

  /**
     Close all attached appenders implementing the AppenderAttachable
     interface.
     @since 1.0
  */
  synchronized
  void closeNestedAppenders() {
    Enumeration enumeration = this.getAllAppenders();
    if(enumeration != null) {
      while(enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
	Appender a = (Appender) enumeration.nextElement();
	if(a instanceof AppenderAttachable) {
	  a.close();
	}
      }
    }
  }

  /**
    Log a message object with the {@link Level#DEBUG DEBUG} level.

    <p>This method first checks if this category is <code>DEBUG</code>
    enabled by comparing the level of this category with the {@link
    Level#DEBUG DEBUG} level. If this category is
    <code>DEBUG</code> enabled, then it converts the message object
    (passed as parameter) to a string by invoking the appropriate
    {@link org.apache.log4j.or.ObjectRenderer}. It then proceeds to call all the
    registered appenders in this category and also higher in the
    hierarchy depending on the value of the additivity flag.

    <p><b>WARNING</b> Note that passing a {@link Throwable} to this
    method will print the name of the <code>Throwable</code> but no
    stack trace. To print a stack trace use the {@link #debug(Object,
    Throwable)} form instead.

    @param message the message object to log. */
  public
  void debug(Object message) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.DEBUG_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.DEBUG.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel())) {
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.DEBUG, message, null);
    }
  }


  /**
   Log a message object with the <code>DEBUG</code> level including
   the stack trace of the {@link Throwable} <code>t</code> passed as
   parameter.

   <p>See {@link #debug(Object)} form for more detailed information.

   @param message the message object to log.
   @param t the exception to log, including its stack trace.  */
  public
  void debug(Object message, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.DEBUG_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.DEBUG.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.DEBUG, message, t);
  }

  /**
    Log a message object with the {@link Level#ERROR ERROR} Level.

    <p>This method first checks if this category is <code>ERROR</code>
    enabled by comparing the level of this category with {@link
    Level#ERROR ERROR} Level. If this category is <code>ERROR</code>
    enabled, then it converts the message object passed as parameter
    to a string by invoking the appropriate {@link
    org.apache.log4j.or.ObjectRenderer}. It proceeds to call all the
    registered appenders in this category and also higher in the
    hierarchy depending on the value of the additivity flag.

    <p><b>WARNING</b> Note that passing a {@link Throwable} to this
    method will print the name of the <code>Throwable</code> but no
    stack trace. To print a stack trace use the {@link #error(Object,
    Throwable)} form instead.

    @param message the message object to log */
  public
  void error(Object message) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.ERROR_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.ERROR.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.ERROR, message, null);
  }

  /**
   Log a message object with the <code>ERROR</code> level including
   the stack trace of the {@link Throwable} <code>t</code> passed as
   parameter.

   <p>See {@link #error(Object)} form for more detailed information.

   @param message the message object to log.
   @param t the exception to log, including its stack trace.  */
  public
  void error(Object message, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.ERROR_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.ERROR.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.ERROR, message, t);

  }


  /**
     If the named category exists (in the default hierarchy) then it
     returns a reference to the category, otherwise it returns
     <code>null</code>.

     @deprecated Please use {@link LogManager#exists} instead.

     @since 0.8.5 */
  public
  static
  Logger exists(String name) {
    return LogManager.exists(name);
  }

  /**
    Log a message object with the {@link Level#FATAL FATAL} Level.

    <p>This method first checks if this category is <code>FATAL</code>
    enabled by comparing the level of this category with {@link
    Level#FATAL FATAL} Level. If the category is <code>FATAL</code>
    enabled, then it converts the message object passed as parameter
    to a string by invoking the appropriate
    {@link org.apache.log4j.or.ObjectRenderer}. It
    proceeds to call all the registered appenders in this category and
    also higher in the hierarchy depending on the value of the
    additivity flag.

    <p><b>WARNING</b> Note that passing a {@link Throwable} to this
    method will print the name of the Throwable but no stack trace. To
    print a stack trace use the {@link #fatal(Object, Throwable)} form
    instead.

    @param message the message object to log */
  public
  void fatal(Object message) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.FATAL_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.FATAL.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.FATAL, message, null);
  }

  /**
   Log a message object with the <code>FATAL</code> level including
   the stack trace of the {@link Throwable} <code>t</code> passed as
   parameter.

   <p>See {@link #fatal(Object)} for more detailed information.

   @param message the message object to log.
   @param t the exception to log, including its stack trace.  */
  public
  void fatal(Object message, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.FATAL_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.FATAL.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.FATAL, message, t);
  }


  /**
     This method creates a new logging event and logs the event
     without further checks.  */
  protected
  void forcedLog(String fqcn, Priority level, Object message, Throwable t) {
    callAppenders(new LoggingEvent(fqcn, this, level, message, t));
  }


  /**
     Get the additivity flag for this Category instance.
  */
  public
  boolean getAdditivity() {
    return additive;
  }

  /**
     Get the appenders contained in this category as an {@link
     Enumeration}. If no appenders can be found, then a {@link NullEnumeration}
     is returned.

     @return Enumeration An enumeration of the appenders in this category.  */
  synchronized
  public
  Enumeration getAllAppenders() {
    if(aai == null)
      return NullEnumeration.getInstance();
    else
      return aai.getAllAppenders();
  }

  /**
     Look for the appender named as <code>name</code>.

     <p>Return the appender with that name if in the list. Return
     <code>null</code> otherwise.  */
  synchronized
  public
  Appender getAppender(String name) {
     if(aai == null || name == null)
      return null;

     return aai.getAppender(name);
  }

  /**
     Starting from this category, search the category hierarchy for a
     non-null level and return it. Otherwise, return the level of the
     root category.

     <p>The Category class is designed so that this method executes as
     quickly as possible.
   */
  public
  Level getEffectiveLevel() {
    for(Category c = this; c != null; c=c.parent) {
      if(c.level != null)
	return c.level;
    }
    return null; // If reached will cause an NullPointerException.
  }

  /**
    *
    * @deprecated Please use the the {@link #getEffectiveLevel} method
    * instead.  
    * */
  public
  Priority getChainedPriority() {
    for(Category c = this; c != null; c=c.parent) {
      if(c.level != null)
	return c.level;
    }
    return null; // If reached will cause an NullPointerException.
  }


  /**
     Returns all the currently defined categories in the default
     hierarchy as an {@link java.util.Enumeration Enumeration}.

     <p>The root category is <em>not</em> included in the returned
     {@link Enumeration}.

     @deprecated Please use {@link LogManager#getCurrentLoggers()} instead.
  */
  public
  static
  Enumeration getCurrentCategories() {
    return LogManager.getCurrentLoggers();
  }


  /**
     Return the default Hierarchy instance.

     @deprecated Please use {@link LogManager#getLoggerRepository()} instead.

     @since 1.0
   */
  public
  static
  LoggerRepository getDefaultHierarchy() {
    return LogManager.getLoggerRepository();
  }

  /**
     Return the the {@link Hierarchy} where this <code>Category</code>
     instance is attached.

     @deprecated Please use {@link #getLoggerRepository} instead.

     @since 1.1 */
  public
  LoggerRepository  getHierarchy() {
    return repository;
  }

  /**
     Return the the {@link LoggerRepository} where this
     <code>Category</code> is attached.

     @since 1.2 */
  public
  LoggerRepository  getLoggerRepository() {
    return repository;
  }


 /**
  * @deprecated Make sure to use {@link Logger#getLogger(String)} instead.
  */
  public
  static
  Category getInstance(String name) {
    return LogManager.getLogger(name);
  }

 /**
  * @deprecated Please make sure to use {@link Logger#getLogger(Class)} instead.
  */ 
  public
  static
  Category getInstance(Class clazz) {
    return LogManager.getLogger(clazz);
  }


  /**
     Return the category name.  */
  public
  final
  String getName() {
    return name;
  }


  /**
     Returns the parent of this category. Note that the parent of a
     given category may change during the lifetime of the category.

     <p>The root category will return <code>null</code>.

     @since 1.2
  */
  final
  public
  Category getParent() {
    return this.parent;
  }


  /**
     Returns the assigned {@link Level}, if any, for this Category.

     @return Level - the assigned Level, can be <code>null</code>.
  */
  final
  public
  Level getLevel() {
    return this.level;
  }

  /**
     @deprecated Please use {@link #getLevel} instead.
  */
  final
  public
  Level getPriority() {
    return this.level;
  }


  /**
   *  @deprecated Please use {@link Logger#getRootLogger()} instead.
   */
  final
  public
  static
  Category getRoot() {
    return LogManager.getRootLogger();
  }

  /**
     Return the <em>inherited</em> {@link ResourceBundle} for this
     category.

     <p>This method walks the hierarchy to find the appropriate
     resource bundle. It will return the resource bundle attached to
     the closest ancestor of this category, much like the way
     priorities are searched. In case there is no bundle in the
     hierarchy then <code>null</code> is returned.

     @since 0.9.0 */
  public
  ResourceBundle getResourceBundle() {
    for(Category c = this; c != null; c=c.parent) {
      if(c.resourceBundle != null)
	return c.resourceBundle;
    }
    // It might be the case that there is no resource bundle
    return null;
  }

  /**
     Returns the string resource coresponding to <code>key</code> in
     this category's inherited resource bundle. See also {@link
     #getResourceBundle}.

     <p>If the resource cannot be found, then an {@link #error error}
     message will be logged complaining about the missing resource.
  */
  protected
  String getResourceBundleString(String key) {
    ResourceBundle rb = getResourceBundle();
    // This is one of the rare cases where we can use logging in order
    // to report errors from within log4j.
    if(rb == null) {
      //if(!hierarchy.emittedNoResourceBundleWarning) {
      //error("No resource bundle has been set for category "+name);
      //hierarchy.emittedNoResourceBundleWarning = true;
      //}
      return null;
    }
    else {
      try {
	return rb.getString(key);
      }
      catch(MissingResourceException mre) {
	error("No resource is associated with key \""+key+"\".");
	return null;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
    Log a message object with the {@link Level#INFO INFO} Level.

    <p>This method first checks if this category is <code>INFO</code>
    enabled by comparing the level of this category with {@link
    Level#INFO INFO} Level. If the category is <code>INFO</code>
    enabled, then it converts the message object passed as parameter
    to a string by invoking the appropriate
    {@link org.apache.log4j.or.ObjectRenderer}. It
    proceeds to call all the registered appenders in this category and
    also higher in the hierarchy depending on the value of the
    additivity flag.

    <p><b>WARNING</b> Note that passing a {@link Throwable} to this
    method will print the name of the Throwable but no stack trace. To
    print a stack trace use the {@link #info(Object, Throwable)} form
    instead.

    @param message the message object to log */
  public
  void info(Object message) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.INFO_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.INFO.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.INFO, message, null);
  }

  /**
   Log a message object with the <code>INFO</code> level including
   the stack trace of the {@link Throwable} <code>t</code> passed as
   parameter.

   <p>See {@link #info(Object)} for more detailed information.

   @param message the message object to log.
   @param t the exception to log, including its stack trace.  */
  public
  void info(Object message, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.INFO_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.INFO.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.INFO, message, t);
  }

  /**
     Is the appender passed as parameter attached to this category?
   */
  public
  boolean isAttached(Appender appender) {
    if(appender == null || aai == null)
      return false;
    else {
      return aai.isAttached(appender);
    }
  }

  /**
    *  Check whether this category is enabled for the <code>DEBUG</code>
    *  Level.
    *
    *  <p> This function is intended to lessen the computational cost of
    *  disabled log debug statements.
    *
    *  <p> For some <code>cat</code> Category object, when you write,
    *  <pre>
    *      cat.debug("This is entry number: " + i );
    *  </pre>
    *
    *  <p>You incur the cost constructing the message, concatenatiion in
    *  this case, regardless of whether the message is logged or not.
    *
    *  <p>If you are worried about speed, then you should write
    *  <pre>
    * 	 if(cat.isDebugEnabled()) {
    * 	   cat.debug("This is entry number: " + i );
    * 	 }
    *  </pre>
    *
    *  <p>This way you will not incur the cost of parameter
    *  construction if debugging is disabled for <code>cat</code>. On
    *  the other hand, if the <code>cat</code> is debug enabled, you
    *  will incur the cost of evaluating whether the category is debug
    *  enabled twice. Once in <code>isDebugEnabled</code> and once in
    *  the <code>debug</code>.  This is an insignificant overhead
    *  since evaluating a category takes about 1%% of the time it
    *  takes to actually log.
    *
    *  @return boolean - <code>true</code> if this category is debug
    *  enabled, <code>false</code> otherwise.
    *   */
  public
  boolean isDebugEnabled() {
    if(repository.isDisabled( Level.DEBUG_INT))
      return false;
    return Level.DEBUG.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel());
  }

  /**
     Check whether this category is enabled for a given {@link
     Level} passed as parameter.

     See also {@link #isDebugEnabled}.

     @return boolean True if this category is enabled for <code>level</code>.
  */
  public
  boolean isEnabledFor(Priority level) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(level.level))
      return false;
    return level.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel());
  }

  /**
    Check whether this category is enabled for the info Level.
    See also {@link #isDebugEnabled}.

    @return boolean - <code>true</code> if this category is enabled
    for level info, <code>false</code> otherwise.
  */
  public
  boolean isInfoEnabled() {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.INFO_INT))
      return false;
    return Level.INFO.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel());
  }


  /**
     Log a localized message. The user supplied parameter
     <code>key</code> is replaced by its localized version from the
     resource bundle.

     @see #setResourceBundle

     @since 0.8.4 */
  public
  void l7dlog(Priority priority, String key, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(priority.level)) {
      return;
    }
    if(priority.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel())) {
      String msg = getResourceBundleString(key);
      // if message corresponding to 'key' could not be found in the
      // resource bundle, then default to 'key'.
      if(msg == null) {
	msg = key;
      }
      forcedLog(FQCN, priority, msg, t);
    }
  }
  /**
     Log a localized and parameterized message. First, the user
     supplied <code>key</code> is searched in the resource
     bundle. Next, the resulting pattern is formatted using
     {@link java.text.MessageFormat#format(String,Object[])} method with the
     user supplied object array <code>params</code>.

     @since 0.8.4
  */
  public
  void l7dlog(Priority priority, String key,  Object[] params, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(priority.level)) {
      return;
    }
    if(priority.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel())) {
      String pattern = getResourceBundleString(key);
      String msg;
      if(pattern == null)
	msg = key;
      else
	msg = java.text.MessageFormat.format(pattern, params);
      forcedLog(FQCN, priority, msg, t);
    }
  }

  /**
     This generic form is intended to be used by wrappers.
   */
  public
  void log(Priority priority, Object message, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(priority.level)) {
      return;
    }
    if(priority.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, priority, message, t);
  }

 /**
    This generic form is intended to be used by wrappers.
 */
  public
  void log(Priority priority, Object message) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(priority.level)) {
      return;
    }
    if(priority.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, priority, message, null);
  }

  /**

     This is the most generic printing method. It is intended to be
     invoked by <b>wrapper</b> classes.

     @param callerFQCN The wrapper class' fully qualified class name.
     @param level The level of the logging request.
     @param message The message of the logging request.
     @param t The throwable of the logging request, may be null.  */
  public
  void log(String callerFQCN, Priority level, Object message, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(level.level)) {
      return;
    }
    if(level.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel())) {
      forcedLog(callerFQCN, level, message, t);
    }
  }


  /**
     Remove all previously added appenders from this Category
     instance.

     <p>This is useful when re-reading configuration information.
  */
  synchronized
  public
  void removeAllAppenders() {
    if(aai != null) {
      aai.removeAllAppenders();
      aai = null;
    }
  }

  /**
     Remove the appender passed as parameter form the list of appenders.

     @since 0.8.2
  */
  synchronized
  public
  void removeAppender(Appender appender) {
    if(appender == null || aai == null)
      return;
    aai.removeAppender(appender);
  }

  /**
     Remove the appender with the name passed as parameter form the
     list of appenders.

     @since 0.8.2 */
  synchronized
  public
  void removeAppender(String name) {
    if(name == null || aai == null) return;
    aai.removeAppender(name);
  }

  /**
     Set the additivity flag for this Category instance.
     @since 0.8.1
   */
  public
  void setAdditivity(boolean additive) {
    this.additive = additive;
  }

  /**
     Only the Hiearchy class can set the hiearchy of a
     category. Default package access is MANDATORY here.  */
  final
  void setHierarchy(LoggerRepository repository) {
    this.repository = repository;
  }

  /**
     Set the level of this Category. If you are passing any of
     <code>Level.DEBUG</code>, <code>Level.INFO</code>,
     <code>Level.WARN</code>, <code>Level.ERROR</code>,
     <code>Level.FATAL</code> as a parameter, you need to case them as
     Level.

     <p>As in <pre> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.setLevel((Level) Level.DEBUG); </pre>


     <p>Null values are admitted.  */
  public
  void setLevel(Level level) {
    this.level = level;
  }


  /**
     Set the level of this Category.

     <p>Null values are admitted.

     @deprecated Please use {@link #setLevel} instead.
  */
  public
  void setPriority(Priority priority) {
    this.level = (Level) priority;
  }


  /**
     Set the resource bundle to be used with localized logging
     methods {@link #l7dlog(Priority,String,Throwable)} and {@link
     #l7dlog(Priority,String,Object[],Throwable)}.

     @since 0.8.4
   */
  public
  void setResourceBundle(ResourceBundle bundle) {
    resourceBundle = bundle;
  }

  /**
     Calling this method will <em>safely</em> close and remove all
     appenders in all the categories including root contained in the
     default hierachy.

     <p>Some appenders such as {@link org.apache.log4j.net.SocketAppender}
     and {@link AsyncAppender} need to be closed before the
     application exists. Otherwise, pending logging events might be
     lost.

     <p>The <code>shutdown</code> method is careful to close nested
     appenders before closing regular appenders. This is allows
     configurations where a regular appender is attached to a category
     and again to a nested appender.

     @deprecated Please use {@link LogManager#shutdown()} instead.

     @since 1.0
  */
  public
  static
  void shutdown() {
    LogManager.shutdown();
  }


  /**
    Log a message object with the {@link Level#WARN WARN} Level.

    <p>This method first checks if this category is <code>WARN</code>
    enabled by comparing the level of this category with {@link
    Level#WARN WARN} Level. If the category is <code>WARN</code>
    enabled, then it converts the message object passed as parameter
    to a string by invoking the appropriate
    {@link org.apache.log4j.or.ObjectRenderer}. It
    proceeds to call all the registered appenders in this category and
    also higher in the hieararchy depending on the value of the
    additivity flag.

    <p><b>WARNING</b> Note that passing a {@link Throwable} to this
    method will print the name of the Throwable but no stack trace. To
    print a stack trace use the {@link #warn(Object, Throwable)} form
    instead.  <p>

    @param message the message object to log.  */
  public
  void warn(Object message) {
    if(repository.isDisabled( Level.WARN_INT))
      return;

    if(Level.WARN.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.WARN, message, null);
  }

  /**
   Log a message with the <code>WARN</code> level including the
   stack trace of the {@link Throwable} <code>t</code> passed as
   parameter.

   <p>See {@link #warn(Object)} for more detailed information.

   @param message the message object to log.
   @param t the exception to log, including its stack trace.  */
  public
  void warn(Object message, Throwable t) {
    if(repository.isDisabled(Level.WARN_INT))
      return;
    if(Level.WARN.isGreaterOrEqual(this.getEffectiveLevel()))
      forcedLog(FQCN, Level.WARN, message, t);
  }
}