org.eclipse.osbp.fork.jpos/src/jpos/util/tracing/Tracing.java

package jpos.util.tracing;

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/**
 * Tracing class to help in the debugging of other package code
 * This class uses the Tracer class for all its static methods implementations
 * its a convinient class to avoid having to cache the Tracer object or having
 * to do Tracer.getInstance() everytime you need to access the Tracer.
 * @see jpos.util.Tracer#getInstance
 * @author E. Michael Maximilien
 */
public class Tracing extends Object
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Ctor
    //

    /** Make ctor private to avoid construction */
    private Tracing() {}

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Public class methods
    //

    /**
     * Class method that facilitate usage of Tracer.println() method
     * @param obj the Object to print -- obj.toString()
     */
    public static void println( Object obj ) { tracer.println( obj.toString() ); }

    /**
     * Class print method that facilitate usage Tracer.print() method
     * @param obj the Object to print -- obj.toString()
     */
    public static void print( Object obj ) { tracer.print( obj.toString() ); }

    /**
     * Prints a StackTrace from an Exception object.
     * @param e the Exception to extract StackTrace from
     */
    public static void print( Exception e ) { tracer.print( e ); }
    
    /** Flushes the TracerOutput */
    public static void flush() { tracer.flush(); }

    /**
     * Sets this tracer ON or OFF
     * @param b the boolean parameter
     */
    public static void setOn( boolean b ) { tracer.setOn( b ); }

    /** @return true if the tracer is ON (i.e. enabled) */
    public static boolean isOn() { return tracer.isOn(); }
    
    //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Class variables
    //
    
    private static Tracer tracer = TracerFactory.getInstance().createGlobalTracer();
}