Re: Log based on object and not the class

[steve . beech]

Scott,

Why not add a switch parameter to the parent method?

i.e

Class Parent {
             ...
             Public void myMethod(boolean b) {
                         if (b==true) {
                              Logger.debug("logging message");
                         }
             }
}

Class Child1 extends Parent {
             ...
             Public void execute1() {
                         this.myMethod(true);
             }
}

Class Child2 extends Parent {
             ...
             Public void execute2() {
                         this.myMethod(false);
             }
}

Steve




                                                                                       
                                                
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Hi, my problem is that in my object architecture/hierarchy I have dozens of
classes that extend a single parent class.  The parent class has a method
that is called by all of the child classes.  It is in this method that I
have several log statements.  The problem is that I only have the ability
to
turn the logger on or off for that parent class.  If I turn it on then I
will get too many logging messages.  I would only like to log messages in
that parent class for a given child class.
I know I am not explaing this well so I will add a quick code example.

In my example I only want to log messages from the Child1 class.  Therefore
if I was to execute my two child classes I would want to get a single
"logging message".

Class Parent {
             ...
             Public void myMethod() {
                         Logger.debug("logging message");
             }
}

Class Child1 extends Parent {
             ...
             Public void execute1() {
                         this.myMethod();
             }
}

Class Child2 extends Parent {
             ...
             Public void execute2() {
                         this.myMethod();
             }
}

THANKS for any input you can give!



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