FaktotumObject.java

/**
 * This file is part of Faktotum.
 *
 *
 *  Faktotum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or 
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 *  as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of 
 *  the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  Faktotum 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 
 *  License along with Faktotum.  
 *
 *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package de.romankreisel.faktotum;

import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * This class is the base class for almost all classes in Faktotum (exceptions
 * are not based on this class).
 * 
 * This class also provides a logger-object for its subclasses.
 * 
 * @author Roman Kreisel <mail@romankreisel.de>
 */
public abstract class FaktotumObject {
	private final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass().getName());

	/**
	 * Creates an instance of an Object, creates a logger-instance and logs the
	 * instantiation;
	 */
	public FaktotumObject() {
		this.logger.log(Level.FINEST, this.getClass().getName() + " object was instantiated");
	}

	/**
	 * A logger for this class type
	 * 
	 * @return the logger instance for this class
	 */
	protected Logger getLogger() {
		return this.logger;
	}
}