// Logger.java
// $Id: Logger.java,v 1.3 1996/11/12 12:11:26 abaird Exp $
// (c) COPYRIGHT MIT and INRIA, 1996.
// Please first read the full copyright statement in file COPYRIGHT.html

package w3c.jigsaw.http ;

/**
 * The Logger class is the abstract class that loggers must implement. 
 * You can (should be able to) use several loggers at the same time.
 */

abstract public class Logger {

    /**
     * Log normally a full handled request. 
     * @param client The client which made the request.
     * @param request The request that was handled.
     * @param reply The emitted reply to the client.
     * @param nbytes The number of bytes sent to this client.
     * @param duration The time it took to process the request.
     */

    abstract
    public void log (Request request
		     , Reply reply
		     , int nbytes
		     , long duration) ;

    /**
     * Log a message to the log.
     * @param msg The message to log.
     */

    abstract
    public void log(String msg);

    /**
     * Log an error on behalf of some client object in the error log. 
     * @param client The client for which the error occured. 
     * @param msg The error message to log.  
     */

    abstract
    public void errlog (Client client, String msg) ;

    /**
     * Log an error on behalf of the server object.
     * @param msg The message to emit.
     */

    abstract 
    public void errlog (String msg) ;

    /**
     * Log a client trace. The client may be in some error state, so all access
     * to the client parameter should be checked.
     * @param client The client that wants to emit a trace.
     * @param trace The trace to log.
     */

    abstract
    public void trace (Client client, String trace) ;

    /**
     * Log a server trace.
     * @param msg The trace to emit.
     */

    abstract
    public void trace (String msg) ;

    /**
     * Flush any in core logger state back to disk.
     * Some loggers may use memory cache before writing any data to the disk
     * this method ensures that there state is saved to stable storage.
     */

    abstract 
    public void sync();

    /**
     * Shutdown this logger object.
     * Each server will close the shutdown method of the logger before
     * shuting itself down.
     */

    abstract
    public void shutdown() ;

    /**
     * Initialize this logger for the provided server.
     * No call to any methods of the logger will be made before this 
     * logger is initialized for some server.
     * @param server The server to which this logger should be initialized.
     */

    abstract 
    public void initialize (httpd server) ;

    /**
     * Construct a new Logger instance.
     */
     
    Logger () {
    }
}

