Method Detail

• getMarker

  Marker getMarker(String name)

  Manufacture a Marker instance by name. If the instance has been created earlier, return the previously created instance.

  Null name values are not allowed.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the marker to be created, null value is not allowed.

  Returns:

  a Marker instance

• exists

  boolean exists(String name)

  Checks if the marker with the name already exists. If name is null, then false is returned.

  Parameters:

  name - logger name to check for

  Returns:

  true id the marker exists, false otherwise.

• detachMarker

  boolean detachMarker(String name)

  Detach an existing marker.

  Note that after a marker is detached, there might still be "dangling" references to the detached marker.

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the marker to detach

  Returns:

  whether the marker could be detached or not

• getDetachedMarker

  Marker getDetachedMarker(String name)

  Create a marker which is detached (even at birth) from this IMarkerFactory.

  Parameters:

  name - marker name

  Returns:

  a dangling marker

  Since:

  1.5.1