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15  */
16 
17 package dalvik.system;
18 
19 import java.util.logging.Level;
20 import java.util.logging.Logger;
21 
22 /**
23  * An optimized handler for efficient publishing of basic log messages.
24  * Implementers should also be subclasses of {@link java.util.logging.Handler}.
25  *
26  * <p>Unlike the default log handler, this API doesn't require intermediate
27  * objects to be allocated for log handling. It also includes a short tag, which
28  * may otherwise need to be calculated for each published message.
29  *
30  * @hide
31  */
32 public interface DalvikLogHandler {
33 
34     /**
35      * Publishes a log message. Unlike {@link
36      * java.util.logging.Handler#publish(java.util.logging.LogRecord)}, this
37      * method includes only the raw log message. Log messages that were created
38      * with additional fields (parameters, source methods, etc.) will flow
39      * through the conventional channels instead.
40      *
41      * @param tag the short (23 characters or fewer) logger tag identifying
42      *      {@code logger}.
43      */
publish(Logger source, String tag, Level level, String message)44     void publish(Logger source, String tag, Level level, String message);
45 
46     // TODO: support messages with throwables?
47 }