org.slf4j.spi

Interface MDCAdapter

public interface MDCAdapter

This interface abstracts the service offered by various MDC implementations.

Since: 1.4.1

Author: Ceki Gülcü

Method Summary
voidclear()
Clear all entries in the MDC.
Stringget(String key)
Get the context identified by the key parameter.
MapgetCopyOfContextMap()
Return a copy of the current thread's context map, with keys and values of type String.
voidput(String key, String val)
Put a context value (the val parameter) as identified with the key parameter into the current thread's context map.
voidremove(String key)
Remove the the context identified by the key parameter.
voidsetContextMap(Map contextMap)
Set the current thread's context map by first clearing any existing map and then copying the map passed as parameter.

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()
Clear all entries in the MDC.

get

public String get(String key)
Get the context identified by the key parameter. The key parameter cannot be null.

Returns: the string value identified by the key parameter.

getCopyOfContextMap

public Map getCopyOfContextMap()
Return a copy of the current thread's context map, with keys and values of type String. Returned value may be null.

Returns: A copy of the current thread's context map. May be null.

Since: 1.5.1

put

public void put(String key, String val)
Put a context value (the val parameter) as identified with the key parameter into the current thread's context map. The key parameter cannot be null. The code>val parameter can be null only if the underlying implementation supports it.

If the current thread does not have a context map it is created as a side effect of this call.

remove

public void remove(String key)
Remove the the context identified by the key parameter. The key parameter cannot be null.

This method does nothing if there is no previous value associated with key.

setContextMap

public void setContextMap(Map contextMap)
Set the current thread's context map by first clearing any existing map and then copying the map passed as parameter. The context map parameter must only contain keys and values of type String.

Parameters: contextMap must contain only keys and values of type String

Since: 1.5.1

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