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getTail() methods are used to output the start and end of the XML file, the parts that aren’t repeated
for each log record but are necessary to create a valid XML file.
Example output from the
XMLFormatter follows:
<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”windows-1252” standalone=”no”?>
<!DOCTYPE log SYSTEM “logger.dtd”>
<log>
<record>
<date>2004-04-18T12:22:36</date>
<millis>1082305356235</millis>
<sequence>0</sequence>
<logger>LoggingTest</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>LoggingTest</class>
<method>main</method>
<thread>10</thread>
<message>test 1</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2004-04-18T12:22:36</date>
<millis>1082305356265</millis>
<sequence>1</sequence>
<logger>LoggingTest</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>LoggingTest</class>
<method>main</method>
<thread>10</thread>
<message>test 2</message>
</record>
</log>
The XML DTD that the logging system uses is shown here:
<!-- DTD used by the java.util.logging.XMLFormatter -->
<!-- This provides an XML formatted log message. -->
<!-- The document type is “log” which consists of a sequence
of record elements -->
<!ELEMENT log (record*)>
<!-- Each logging call is described by a record element. -->
<!ELEMENT record (date, millis, sequence, logger?, level,
class?, method?, thread?, message, key?, catalog?, param*, exception?)>
<!-- Date and time when LogRecord was created in ISO 8601 format -->
<!ELEMENT date (#PCDATA)>
<!-- Time when LogRecord was created in milliseconds since
midnight January 1st, 1970, UTC. -->
<!ELEMENT millis (#PCDATA)>
<!-- Unique sequence number within source VM. -->
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