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+/*
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
+ *
+ * This file is part of Jalview.
+ *
+ * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
+ */
+package jalview.javascript.log4j;
+
+import jalview.javascript.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
+import jalview.javascript.log4j.spi.OptionHandler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout;
+import org.apache.log4j.TTCCLayout;
+
+public abstract class Layout implements OptionHandler
+{
+
+ // Note that the line.separator property can be looked up even by
+ // applets.
+ public final static String LINE_SEP = System
+ .getProperty("line.separator");
+
+ public final static int LINE_SEP_LEN = LINE_SEP.length();
+
+ /**
+ * Implement this method to create your own layout format.
+ */
+ abstract public String format(LoggingEvent event);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the content type output by this layout. The base class returns
+ * "text/plain".
+ */
+ public String getContentType()
+ {
+ return "text/plain";
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the header for the layout format. The base class returns
+ * <code>null</code>.
+ */
+ public String getHeader()
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the footer for the layout format. The base class returns
+ * <code>null</code>.
+ */
+ public String getFooter()
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * If the layout handles the throwable object contained within
+ * {@link LoggingEvent}, then the layout should return <code>false</code>.
+ * Otherwise, if the layout ignores throwable object, then the layout should
+ * return <code>true</code>. If ignoresThrowable is true, the appender is
+ * responsible for rendering the throwable.
+ * <p>
+ * The {@link SimpleLayout}, {@link TTCCLayout}, {@link PatternLayout} all
+ * return <code>true</code>. The {@link org.apache.log4j.xml.XMLLayout}
+ * returns <code>false</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 0.8.4
+ */
+ abstract public boolean ignoresThrowable();
+
+}