/*
* Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
*
* This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software
* License version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this
* distribution in the LICENSE.txt file. */
package org.apache.log4j.spi;
import org.apache.log4j.*;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog;
// Contibutors: Mathias Bogaert
/**
* @deprecated Replaced by {@link RootLogger}.
*/
final public class RootCategory extends Logger {
/**
The root category names itself as "root". However, the root
category cannot be retrieved by name.
*/
public
RootCategory(Level level) {
super("root");
setLevel(level);
}
/**
Return the assigned level value without walking the category
hierarchy.
*/
final
public
Level getChainedLevel() {
return level;
}
/**
Setting a null value to the level of the root category may have catastrophic
results. We prevent this here.
@since 0.8.3 */
final
public
void setLevel(Level level) {
if(level == null) {
LogLog.error("You have tried to set a null level to root.",
new Throwable());
}
else {
this.level = level;
}
}
final
public
void setPriority(Level level) {
setLevel(level);
}
}
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