*/ public static String asString(SelfDescribing selfDescribing) { return toString(selfDescribing); } @Override protected void append(String str) { try { out.append(str); } catch (IOException e) { throw new RuntimeException("Could not write description", e); } } @Override protected void append(char c) { try { out.append(c); } catch (IOException e) { throw new RuntimeException("Could not write description", e); } } /** * Returns the description as a string. */ @Override public String toString() { return...

.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; public class Foo { static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(this.class); public void foo() { ... try { if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { log.debug("About to do something to object " + name); } name.bar(); } catch (IllegalStateExceptio e) { log.error("Something bad happened to " + name, e); } ... } Unless you configure things differently, all log output will be written to System.err. Therefore, you really will want to review the remainder of this page in order...

g.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; public class Foo { static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(Foo.class); public void foo() { ... try { if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { log.debug("About to do something to object " + name); } name.bar(); } catch (IllegalStateExceptio e) { log.error("Something bad happened to " + name, e); } ... } Unless you configure things differently, all log output will be written to System.err. Therefore, you really will want to review the remainder of this page in order...