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/* LogManager.java -- a class for maintaining Loggers and managing
   configuration properties
   Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GNU Classpath.

GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.

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exception statement from your version. */
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package java.util.logging;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
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import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
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import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
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import java.util.Properties;
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import java.util.StringTokenizer;
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/**
 * The <code>LogManager</code> maintains a hierarchical namespace
 * of Logger objects and manages properties for configuring the logging
 * framework. There exists only one single <code>LogManager</code>
 * per virtual machine. This instance can be retrieved using the
 * static method {@link #getLogManager()}.
 *
 * <p><strong>Configuration Process:</strong> The global LogManager
 * object is created and configured when the class
 * <code>java.util.logging.LogManager</code> is initialized.
 * The configuration process includes the subsequent steps:
 *
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 * <ul>
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 * <li>If the system property <code>java.util.logging.manager</code>
 *     is set to the name of a subclass of
 *     <code>java.util.logging.LogManager</code>, an instance of
 *     that subclass is created and becomes the global LogManager.
 *     Otherwise, a new instance of LogManager is created.</li>
 * <li>The <code>LogManager</code> constructor tries to create
 *     a new instance of the class specified by the system
 *     property <code>java.util.logging.config.class</code>.
 *     Typically, the constructor of this class will call
 *     <code>LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)</code>
 *     for configuring the logging framework.
 *     The configuration process stops at this point if
 *     the system property <code>java.util.logging.config.class</code>
 *     is set (irrespective of whether the class constructor
 *     could be called or an exception was thrown).</li>
 *
 * <li>If the system property <code>java.util.logging.config.class</code>
 *     is <em>not</em> set, the configuration parameters are read in from
 *     a file and passed to
 *     {@link #readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)}.
 *     The name and location of this file are specified by the system
 *     property <code>java.util.logging.config.file</code>.</li>
 * <li>If the system property <code>java.util.logging.config.file</code>
 *     is not set, however, the contents of the URL
 *     "{gnu.classpath.home.url}/logging.properties" are passed to
 *     {@link #readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)}.
 *     Here, "{gnu.classpath.home.url}" stands for the value of
 *     the system property <code>gnu.classpath.home.url</code>.</li>
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 * </ul>
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 *
 * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@acm.org)
 */
public class LogManager
{
  /**
   * The singleton LogManager instance.
   */
  private static LogManager logManager;

  /**
   * The registered named loggers; maps the name of a Logger to
   * a WeakReference to it.
   */
  private Map loggers;
  final Logger rootLogger;

  /**
   * The properties for the logging framework which have been
   * read in last.
   */
  private Properties properties;

  /**
   * A delegate object that provides support for handling
   * PropertyChangeEvents.  The API specification does not
   * mention which bean should be the source in the distributed
   * PropertyChangeEvents, but Mauve test code has determined that
   * the Sun J2SE 1.4 reference implementation uses the LogManager
   * class object. This is somewhat strange, as the class object
   * is not the bean with which listeners have to register, but
   * there is no reason for the GNU Classpath implementation to
   * behave differently from the reference implementation in
   * this case.
   */
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  private final PropertyChangeSupport pcs = new PropertyChangeSupport( /* source bean */
  LogManager.class);
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  protected LogManager()
  {
    if (logManager != null)
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      throw new IllegalStateException("there can be only one LogManager; use LogManager.getLogManager()");
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    logManager = this;
    loggers = new java.util.HashMap();
    rootLogger = new Logger("", null);
    addLogger(rootLogger);
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    /* Make sure that Logger.global has the rootLogger as its parent.
     *
     * Logger.global is set during class initialization of Logger,
     * which may or may not be before this code is being executed.
     * For example, on the Sun 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 JVMs, Logger.global
     * has been set before this code is being executed. In contrast,
     * Logger.global still is null on GCJ 3.2.  Since the LogManager
     * and Logger classes are mutually dependent, both behaviors are
     * correct.
     *
     * This means that we cannot depend on Logger.global to have its
     * value when this code executes, although that variable is final.
     * Since Logger.getLogger will always return the same logger for
     * the same name, the subsequent line works fine irrespective of
     * the order in which classes are initialized.
     */
    Logger.getLogger("global").setParent(rootLogger);
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    Logger.getLogger("global").setUseParentHandlers(true);
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  }

  /**
   * Returns the globally shared LogManager instance.
   */
  public static LogManager getLogManager()
  {
    return logManager;
  }

  static
    {
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      makeLogManager();

      /* The Javadoc description of the class explains
       * what is going on here.
       */
      Object configurator = createInstance(System.getProperty("java.util.logging.config.class"),
                                           /* must be instance of */ Object.class);

      try
        {
	  if (configurator == null)
	    getLogManager().readConfiguration();
        }
      catch (IOException ex)
        {
	  /* FIXME: Is it ok to ignore exceptions here? */
        }
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    }

  private static LogManager makeLogManager()
  {
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    String managerClassName;
    LogManager manager;
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    managerClassName = System.getProperty("java.util.logging.manager");
    manager = (LogManager) createInstance(managerClassName, LogManager.class);
    if (manager != null)
      return manager;

    if (managerClassName != null)
      System.err.println("WARNING: System property \"java.util.logging.manager\""
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                         + " should be the name of a subclass of java.util.logging.LogManager");
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    return new LogManager();
  }

  /**
   * Registers a listener which will be notified when the
   * logging properties are re-read.
   */
  public synchronized void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
  {
    /* do not register null. */
    listener.getClass();

    pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
  }

  /**
   * Unregisters a listener.
   *
   * If <code>listener</code> has not been registered previously,
   * nothing happens.  Also, no exception is thrown if
   * <code>listener</code> is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public synchronized void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
  {
    if (listener != null)
      pcs.removePropertyChangeListener(listener);
  }

  /**
   * Adds a named logger.  If a logger with the same name has
   * already been registered, the method returns <code>false</code>
   * without adding the logger.
   *
   * <p>The <code>LogManager</code> only keeps weak references
   * to registered loggers.  Therefore, names can become available
   * after automatic garbage collection.
   *
   * @param logger the logger to be added.
   *
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   * @return <code>true</code>if <code>logger</code> was added,
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   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
   *
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   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>name</code> is
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   *         <code>null</code>.
   */
  public synchronized boolean addLogger(Logger logger)
  {
    /* To developers thinking about to remove the 'synchronized'
     * declaration from this method: Please read the comment
     * in java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(String, String)
     * and make sure that whatever you change wrt. synchronization
     * does not endanger thread-safety of Logger.getLogger.
     * The current implementation of Logger.getLogger assumes
     * that LogManager does its synchronization on the globally
     * shared instance of LogManager.
     */
    String name;
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    WeakReference ref;
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    /* This will throw a NullPointerException if logger is null,
     * as required by the API specification.
     */
    name = logger.getName();

    ref = (WeakReference) loggers.get(name);
    if (ref != null)
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      {
	if (ref.get() != null)
	  return false;
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	/* There has been a logger under this name in the past,
	 * but it has been garbage collected.
	 */
	loggers.remove(ref);
      }
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    /* Adding a named logger requires a security permission. */
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    if ((name != null) && ! name.equals(""))
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      checkAccess();

    Logger parent = findAncestor(logger);
    loggers.put(name, new WeakReference(logger));
    if (parent != logger.getParent())
      logger.setParent(parent);

    /* It can happen that existing loggers should be children of
     * the newly added logger. For example, assume that there
     * already exist loggers under the names "", "foo", and "foo.bar.baz".
     * When adding "foo.bar", the logger "foo.bar.baz" should change
     * its parent to "foo.bar".
     */
    if (parent != rootLogger)
      {
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	for (Iterator iter = loggers.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
	  {
	    Logger possChild = (Logger) ((WeakReference) loggers.get(iter.next()))
	                       .get();
	    if ((possChild == null) || (possChild == logger)
	        || (possChild.getParent() != parent))
	      continue;
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	    if (! possChild.getName().startsWith(name))
	      continue;
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	    if (possChild.getName().charAt(name.length()) != '.')
	      continue;
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	    possChild.setParent(logger);
	  }
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      }

    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Finds the closest ancestor for a logger among the currently
   * registered ones.  For example, if the currently registered
   * loggers have the names "", "foo", and "foo.bar", the result for
   * "foo.bar.baz" will be the logger whose name is "foo.bar".
   *
   * @param child a logger for whose name no logger has been
   *        registered.
   *
   * @return the closest ancestor for <code>child</code>,
   *         or <code>null</code> if <code>child</code>
   *         is the root logger.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>child</code>
   *         is <code>null</code>.
   */
  private synchronized Logger findAncestor(Logger child)
  {
    String childName = child.getName();
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    int childNameLength = childName.length();
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    Logger best = rootLogger;
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    int bestNameLength = 0;
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    Logger cand;
    String candName;
    int candNameLength;
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    if (child == rootLogger)
      return null;

    for (Iterator iter = loggers.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
      {
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	candName = (String) iter.next();
	candNameLength = candName.length();

	if (candNameLength > bestNameLength
	    && childNameLength > candNameLength
	    && childName.startsWith(candName)
	    && childName.charAt(candNameLength) == '.')
	  {
	    cand = (Logger) ((WeakReference) loggers.get(candName)).get();
	    if ((cand == null) || (cand == child))
	      continue;
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	    bestNameLength = candName.length();
	    best = cand;
	  }
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      }

    return best;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a Logger given its name.
   *
   * @param name the name of the logger.
   *
   * @return a named Logger, or <code>null</code> if there is no
   *     logger with that name.
   *
   * @throw java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>name</code>
   *     is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public synchronized Logger getLogger(String name)
  {
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    WeakReference ref;
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    /* Throw a NullPointerException if name is null. */
    name.getClass();

    ref = (WeakReference) loggers.get(name);
    if (ref != null)
      return (Logger) ref.get();
    else
      return null;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an Enumeration of currently registered Logger names.
   * Since other threads can register loggers at any time, the
   * result could be different any time this method is called.
   *
   * @return an Enumeration with the names of the currently
   *    registered Loggers.
   */
  public synchronized Enumeration getLoggerNames()
  {
    return Collections.enumeration(loggers.keySet());
  }

  /**
   * Resets the logging configuration by removing all handlers for
   * registered named loggers and setting their level to <code>null</code>.
   * The level of the root logger will be set to <code>Level.INFO</code>.
   *
   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and
   *         the caller is not granted the permission to control
   *         the logging infrastructure.
   */
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  public synchronized void reset() throws SecurityException
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  {
    /* Throw a SecurityException if the caller does not have the
     * permission to control the logging infrastructure.
     */
    checkAccess();

    properties = new Properties();

    Iterator iter = loggers.values().iterator();
    while (iter.hasNext())
      {
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	WeakReference ref;
	Logger logger;
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	ref = (WeakReference) iter.next();
	if (ref != null)
	  {
	    logger = (Logger) ref.get();

	    if (logger == null)
	      iter.remove();
	    else if (logger != rootLogger)
	      logger.setLevel(null);
	  }
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      }

    rootLogger.setLevel(Level.INFO);
  }

  /**
   * Configures the logging framework by reading a configuration file.
   * The name and location of this file are specified by the system
   * property <code>java.util.logging.config.file</code>.  If this
   * property is not set, the URL
   * "{gnu.classpath.home.url}/logging.properties" is taken, where
   * "{gnu.classpath.home.url}" stands for the value of the system
   * property <code>gnu.classpath.home.url</code>.
   *
   * <p>The task of configuring the framework is then delegated to
   * {@link #readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)}, which will
   * notify registered listeners after having read the properties.
   *
   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and
   *         the caller is not granted the permission to control
   *         the logging infrastructure, or if the caller is
   *         not granted the permission to read the configuration
   *         file.
   *
   * @throws IOException if there is a problem reading in the
   *         configuration file.
   */
  public synchronized void readConfiguration()
    throws IOException, SecurityException
  {
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    String path;
    InputStream inputStream;
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    path = System.getProperty("java.util.logging.config.file");
    if ((path == null) || (path.length() == 0))
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      {
	String url = (System.getProperty("gnu.classpath.home.url")
	             + "/logging.properties");
	inputStream = new URL(url).openStream();
      }
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    else
      inputStream = new java.io.FileInputStream(path);

    try
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      {
	readConfiguration(inputStream);
      }
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    finally
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      {
	/* Close the stream in order to save
	 * resources such as file descriptors.
	 */
	inputStream.close();
      }
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  }

  public synchronized void readConfiguration(InputStream inputStream)
    throws IOException, SecurityException
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  {
    Properties newProperties;
    Enumeration keys;
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    checkAccess();
    newProperties = new Properties();
    newProperties.load(inputStream);
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    this.properties = newProperties;
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    keys = newProperties.propertyNames();

    while (keys.hasMoreElements())
      {
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	String key = ((String) keys.nextElement()).trim();
	String value = newProperties.getProperty(key);

	if (value == null)
	  continue;

	value = value.trim();

	if ("handlers".equals(key))
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	  {
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	    StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(value);
	    while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens())
	      {
		String handlerName = tokenizer.nextToken();
		try
		  {
		    Class handlerClass = Class.forName(handlerName);
		    getLogger("").addHandler((Handler) handlerClass
		                             .newInstance());
		  }
		catch (ClassCastException ex)
		  {
		    System.err.println("[LogManager] class " + handlerName
		                       + " is not subclass of java.util.logging.Handler");
		  }
		catch (Exception ex)
		  {
		    //System.out.println("[LogManager.readConfiguration]"+ex);
		  }
	      }
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	  }
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	if (key.endsWith(".level"))
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	  {
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	    String loggerName = key.substring(0, key.length() - 6);
	    Logger logger = getLogger(loggerName);

	    if (logger == null)
	      {
		logger = Logger.getLogger(loggerName);
		addLogger(logger);
	      }
	    try
	      {
		logger.setLevel(Level.parse(value));
	      }
	    catch (Exception _)
	      {
		//System.out.println("[LogManager.readConfiguration] "+_);
	      }
	    continue;
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	  }
      }

    /* The API specification does not talk about the
     * property name that is distributed with the
     * PropertyChangeEvent.  With test code, it could
     * be determined that the Sun J2SE 1.4 reference
     * implementation uses null for the property name.
     */
    pcs.firePropertyChange(null, null, null);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a String.
   */
  public synchronized String getProperty(String name)
  {
    if (properties != null)
      return properties.getProperty(name);
    else
      return null;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as an integer.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param name the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if its value is not an integer
   *        number.
   */
  static int getIntProperty(String name, int defaultValue)
  {
    try
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      {
	return Integer.parseInt(getLogManager().getProperty(name));
      }
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    catch (Exception ex)
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      {
	return defaultValue;
      }
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  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as an integer,
   * provided it is inside the acceptable range.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param name the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param minValue the lowest acceptable value.
   *
   * @param maxValue the highest acceptable value.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if its value is not an integer
   *        number, or if it is less than the minimum value,
   *        or if it is greater than the maximum value.
   */
  static int getIntPropertyClamped(String name, int defaultValue,
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                                   int minValue, int maxValue)
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  {
    int val = getIntProperty(name, defaultValue);
    if ((val < minValue) || (val > maxValue))
      val = defaultValue;
    return val;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a boolean.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param name the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if its value is neither
   *        <code>"true"</code> nor <code>"false"</code>.
   */
  static boolean getBooleanProperty(String name, boolean defaultValue)
  {
    try
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      {
	return (new Boolean(getLogManager().getProperty(name))).booleanValue();
      }
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    catch (Exception ex)
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      {
	return defaultValue;
      }
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  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a Level.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param propertyName the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if
   *        {@link Level.parse(java.lang.String)} does not like
   *        the property value.
   */
  static Level getLevelProperty(String propertyName, Level defaultValue)
  {
    try
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      {
	return Level.parse(getLogManager().getProperty(propertyName));
      }
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    catch (Exception ex)
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      {
	return defaultValue;
      }
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  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a Class.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param propertyName the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if it does not specify
   *        the name of a loadable class.
   */
  static final Class getClassProperty(String propertyName, Class defaultValue)
  {
    Class usingClass = null;

    try
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      {
	String propertyValue = logManager.getProperty(propertyName);
	if (propertyValue != null)
	  usingClass = Class.forName(propertyValue);
	if (usingClass != null)
	  return usingClass;
      }
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    catch (Exception _)
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      {
      }
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    return defaultValue;
  }

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  static final Object getInstanceProperty(String propertyName, Class ofClass,
                                          Class defaultClass)
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  {
    Class klass = getClassProperty(propertyName, defaultClass);
    if (klass == null)
      return null;

    try
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      {
	Object obj = klass.newInstance();
	if (ofClass.isInstance(obj))
	  return obj;
      }
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    catch (Exception _)
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      {
      }
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    if (defaultClass == null)
      return null;

    try
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      {
	return defaultClass.newInstance();
      }
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    catch (java.lang.InstantiationException ex)
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      {
	throw new RuntimeException(ex.getMessage());
      }
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    catch (java.lang.IllegalAccessException ex)
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      {
	throw new RuntimeException(ex.getMessage());
      }
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  }

  /**
   * An instance of <code>LoggingPermission("control")</code>
   * that is shared between calls to <code>checkAccess()</code>.
   */
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  private static final LoggingPermission controlPermission = new LoggingPermission("control",
                                                                                   null);
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  /**
   * Checks whether the current security context allows changing
   * the configuration of the logging framework.  For the security
   * context to be trusted, it has to be granted
   * a LoggingPermission("control").
   *
   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and
   *         the caller is not granted the permission to control
   *         the logging infrastructure.
   */
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  public void checkAccess() throws SecurityException
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  {
    SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPermission(controlPermission);
  }

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  /**
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   * Creates a new instance of a class specified by name.
   *
   * @param className the name of the class of which a new instance
   *        should be created.
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   *
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   * @param ofClass the class to which the new instance should
   *        be either an instance or an instance of a subclass.
   *        FIXME: This description is just terrible.
   *
   * @return the new instance, or <code>null</code> if
   *         <code>className</code> is <code>null</code>, if no class
   *         with that name could be found, if there was an error
   *         loading that class, or if the constructor of the class
   *         has thrown an exception.
   */
  static final Object createInstance(String className, Class ofClass)
  {
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    Class klass;
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    if ((className == null) || (className.length() == 0))
      return null;

    try
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      {
	klass = Class.forName(className);
	if (! ofClass.isAssignableFrom(klass))
	  return null;
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	return klass.newInstance();
      }
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    catch (Exception _)
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      {
	return null;
      }
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    catch (java.lang.LinkageError _)
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      {
	return null;
      }
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  }
}