uk.ac.bbk.dcs.automed.xml
Class Debugger

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.bbk.dcs.automed.xml.Debugger

public class Debugger
extends java.lang.Object

Control the printing of debug information (related to the XML compontents of the Birkbeck package) printed on the command line.

Author:

Lucas Zamboulis

Constructor Summary

Debugger()

Method Summary

static boolean	atDebugLevel(int level) Return true if the debug level set by setDebugLevel(int)is at least at a certain level.
static int	getDebugLevel() Return the value of the debug level at set by setDebugLevel(int)
static void	setDebugLevel(int level) Control the printing of debug information (related to the XML compontents of the Birkbeck package) printed on the command line.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Debugger

public Debugger()

Method Detail

setDebugLevel

public static void setDebugLevel(int level)

Control the printing of debug information (related to the XML compontents of the Birkbeck package) printed on the command line.

Parameters:

level - value to set the debug level at, according to the following scale:

• 0: no debug information
• 1: only debug information that is to explain to users what is going on (default)
• 10: all debug information

getDebugLevel

public static int getDebugLevel()

Return the value of the debug level at set by setDebugLevel(int)

atDebugLevel

public static boolean atDebugLevel(int level)

Return true if the debug level set by setDebugLevel(int)is at least at a certain level. For example, this is used in code of the form if (atDebugLevel(5)) ... to ensure that something is only executed when the system has been set at debug level 5 or more

Parameters:

level - threshold value of debug level for which being "at a debug level" is true