net.logAnalyzer.analysis
Class AnalyzerDefinition

java.lang.Object
  net.logAnalyzer.analysis.AnalyzerDefinition

public final class AnalyzerDefinition

extends java.lang.Object

This class contains the definition of an analyzer.

An analyzer is used to analyze each log messageLabel loaded from a log file during the LALogHandler parsing process (see LALogHandler.parse()).

There is two kinds of analyzers :

• Simple analyzers returning discreet results (see LAAnalyzer)
• Simple analyzers returning time stamped result chronological results (see LAPeriodicAnalyzer)

To create a new analyzer from its definition, call createAnalyzerInstance().

Version:

0.1

Author:

Karim REFEYTON

Constructor Summary

AnalyzerDefinition(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String period, java.lang.String classname, java.lang.String label)
Construct a new analyzer definition.

Method Summary

LAAnalyzer	createAnalyzerInstance() Create a new instance of the analyzer.
java.lang.Class	getAnalyzerClass() Return the analyzer class.
java.lang.String	getLabel() Return the user friendly label of the analyzer.
java.lang.String	getName() Return the analyzer name.
LATimePeriod	getPeriod() Return the analyzer period.
boolean	hasPeriod() Return true if the analyzer has a period.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnalyzerDefinition

public AnalyzerDefinition(java.lang.String name,
                          java.lang.String period,
                          java.lang.String classname,
                          java.lang.String label)
                   throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Construct a new analyzer definition.

Parameters:

name - Name of the analyzer.

period - Time period for time analyzer.

classname - Class of the new analyzer instances.

label - User friendly label.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - If the specified analyzer class does not exists.

Method Detail

getAnalyzerClass

public java.lang.Class getAnalyzerClass()

Return the analyzer class.

Returns:

Analyzer class.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Return the analyzer name.

Returns:

Analyzer name.

getPeriod

public LATimePeriod getPeriod()

Return the analyzer period.

Returns:

Period.

hasPeriod

public boolean hasPeriod()

Return true if the analyzer has a period.

Returns:

true if has a period; false otherwise.

getLabel

public java.lang.String getLabel()

Return the user friendly label of the analyzer.

Returns:

User friendly label.

createAnalyzerInstance

public LAAnalyzer createAnalyzerInstance()
                                  throws PatternParsingException

Create a new instance of the analyzer.

Returns:

New instance.

Throws:

PatternParsingException - If an error occures during pattern parsing.