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The time format depends on the <code>DateFormat</code> used. <p>Here is an example TTCCLayout output with the {@link org.apache.log4j.helpers.RelativeTimeDateFormat}. <pre> 176 [main] INFO org.apache.log4j.examples.Sort - Populating an array of 2 elements in reverse order. 225 [main] INFO org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo - Entered the sort method. 262 [main] DEBUG org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.OUTER i=1 - Outer loop. 276 [main] DEBUG org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.SWAP i=1 j=0 - Swapping intArray[0] = 1 and intArray[1] = 0 290 [main] DEBUG org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.OUTER i=0 - Outer loop. 304 [main] INFO org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.DUMP - Dump of interger array: 317 [main] INFO org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.DUMP - Element [0] = 0 331 [main] INFO org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.DUMP - Element [1] = 1 343 [main] INFO org.apache.log4j.examples.Sort - The next log statement should be an error message. 346 [main] ERROR org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.DUMP - Tried to dump an uninitialized array. at org.apache.log4j.examples.SortAlgo.dump(SortAlgo.java:58) at org.apache.log4j.examples.Sort.main(Sort.java:64) 467 [main] INFO org.apache.log4j.examples.Sort - Exiting main method. </pre> <p>The first field is the number of milliseconds elapsed since the start of the program. The second field is the thread outputting the log statement. The third field is the level, the fourth field is the category to which the statement belongs. <p>The fifth field (just before the '-') is the nested diagnostic context. Note the nested diagnostic context may be empty as in the first two statements. The text after the '-' is the message of the statement. <p><b>WARNING</b> Do not use the same TTCCLayout instance from within different appenders. The TTCCLayout is not thread safe when used in his way. However, it is perfectly safe to use a TTCCLayout instance from just one appender. <p>{@link PatternLayout} offers a much more flexible alternative. @author Ceki Gülcü @author <A HREF="mailto:heinz.richter@ecmwf.int">Heinz Richter</a> */ public class TTCCLayout extends DateLayout { // Internal representation of options private boolean threadPrinting = true; private boolean categoryPrefixing = true; private boolean contextPrinting = true; protected final StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(256); /** Instantiate a TTCCLayout object with {@link org.apache.log4j.helpers.RelativeTimeDateFormat} as the date formatter in the local time zone. @since 0.7.5 */ public TTCCLayout() { this.setDateFormat(RELATIVE_TIME_DATE_FORMAT, null); } /** Instantiate a TTCCLayout object using the local time zone. The DateFormat used will depend on the <code>dateFormatType</code>. <p>This constructor just calls the {@link DateLayout#setDateFormat} method. */ public TTCCLayout(String dateFormatType) { this.setDateFormat(dateFormatType); } /** The <b>ThreadPrinting</b> option specifies whether the name of the current thread is part of log output or not. This is true by default. */ public void setThreadPrinting(boolean threadPrinting) { this.threadPrinting = threadPrinting; } /** Returns value of the <b>ThreadPrinting</b> option. */ public boolean getThreadPrinting() { return threadPrinting; } /** The <b>CategoryPrefixing</b> option specifies whether {@link Category} name is part of log output or not. This is true by default. */ public void setCategoryPrefixing(boolean categoryPrefixing) { this.categoryPrefixing = categoryPrefixing; } /** Returns value of the <b>CategoryPrefixing</b> option. */ public boolean getCategoryPrefixing() { return categoryPrefixing; } /** The <b>ContextPrinting</b> option specifies log output will include the nested context information belonging to the current thread. This is true by default. */ public void setContextPrinting(boolean contextPrinting) { this.contextPrinting = contextPrinting; } /** Returns value of the <b>ContextPrinting</b> option. */ public boolean getContextPrinting() { return contextPrinting; } /** In addition to the level of the statement and message, the returned byte array includes time, thread, category and {@link NDC} information. <p>Time, thread, category and diagnostic context are printed depending on options. @param event The event to format */ public String format(LoggingEvent event) { // Reset buf buf.setLength(0); dateFormat(buf, event); if(this.threadPrinting) { buf.append('['); buf.append(event.getThreadName()); buf.append("] "); } buf.append(event.getLevel().toString()); buf.append(' '); if(this.categoryPrefixing) { buf.append(event.getLoggerName()); buf.append(' '); } if(this.contextPrinting) { String ndc = event.getNDC(); if(ndc != null) { buf.append(ndc); buf.append(' '); } } buf.append("- "); buf.append(event.getRenderedMessage()); buf.append(LINE_SEP); return buf.toString(); } /** The TTCCLayout does not handle the throwable contained within {@link LoggingEvent LoggingEvents}. Thus, it returns <code>true</code>. @since version 0.8.4 */ public boolean ignoresThrowable() { return true; } }