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/* ErrorManager.java
   -- a class for dealing with errors that a Handler encounters
      during logging

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*/


package java.util.logging;

/**
 * An <code>ErrorManager</code> deals with errors that a <code>Handler</code>
 * encounters while logging.
 *
 * @see Handler#setErrorManager(ErrorManager)
 *
 * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@acm.org)
 */
public class ErrorManager
{
  /* The values have been taken from Sun's public J2SE 1.4 API
   * documentation.
   * See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/constant-values.html
   */

  /**
   * Indicates that there was a failure that does not readily
   * fall into any of the other categories.
   */
  public static final int GENERIC_FAILURE = 0;


  /**
   * Indicates that there was a problem upon writing to
   * an output stream.
   */
  public static final int WRITE_FAILURE = 1;


  /**
   * Indicates that there was a problem upon flushing
   * an output stream.
   */
  public static final int FLUSH_FAILURE = 2;


  /**
   * Indicates that there was a problem upon closing
   * an output stream.
   */
  public static final int CLOSE_FAILURE = 3;

    
  /**
   * Indicates that there was a problem upon opening
   * an output stream.
   */
  public static final int OPEN_FAILURE = 4;


  /**
   * Indicates that there was a problem upon formatting
   * the message of a log record.
   */
  public static final int FORMAT_FAILURE = 5;


  /**
   * Indicates whether the {@link #error} method of this ErrorManager
   * has ever been used.
   *
   * Declared volatile in order to correctly support the
   * double-checked locking idiom (once the revised Java Memory Model
   * gets adopted); see Classpath bug #2944.
   */
  private volatile boolean everUsed = false;


  public ErrorManager()
  {
  }


  /**
   * Reports an error that occured upon logging.  The default implementation
   * emits the very first error to System.err, ignoring subsequent errors.
   *
   * @param message a message describing the error, or <code>null</code> if
   *                there is no suitable description.
   *
   * @param ex      an exception, or <code>null</code> if the error is not
   *                related to an exception.
   *
   * @param errorCode  one of the defined error codes, for example
   *                   <code>ErrorManager.CLOSE_FAILURE</code>.
   */
  public void error(String message, Exception ex, int errorCode)
  {
    if (everUsed)
      return;

    synchronized (this)
    {
      /* The double check is intentional. If the first check was
       * omitted, the monitor would have to be entered every time
       * error() method was called. If the second check was
       * omitted, the code below could be executed by multiple
       * threads simultaneously.
       *
       * This is the 'double-checked locking' idiom, which is broken
       * with the current version of the Java memory model.  However,
       * we assume that JVMs will have adopted a revised version of
       * the Java Memory Model by the time GNU Classpath gains
       * widespread acceptance. See Classpath bug #2944.
       */
      if (everUsed)
	return;

      everUsed = true;
    }

    String codeMsg;
    switch (errorCode)
    {
    case GENERIC_FAILURE:
      codeMsg = "GENERIC_FAILURE";
      break;

    case WRITE_FAILURE:
      codeMsg = "WRITE_FAILURE";
      break;

    case FLUSH_FAILURE:
      codeMsg = "FLUSH_FAILURE";
      break;

    case CLOSE_FAILURE:
      codeMsg = "CLOSE_FAILURE";
      break;

    case OPEN_FAILURE:
      codeMsg = "OPEN_FAILURE";
      break;

    case FORMAT_FAILURE:
      codeMsg = "FORMAT_FAILURE";
      break;

    default:
      codeMsg = String.valueOf(errorCode);
      break;
    }

    System.err.println("Error upon logging: " + codeMsg);
    if ((message != null) && (message.length() > 0))
      System.err.println(message);

    if (ex != null)
      ex.printStackTrace();
  }
}