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package org.apache.log4j.spi;

import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog;

// Contibutors: Mathias Bogaert

/**
 * RootLogger sits at the top of the logger hierachy. It is a regular logger
 * except that it provides several guarantees.
 * 
 * <p>
 * First, it cannot be assigned a <code>null</code> level. Second, since root
 * logger cannot have a parent, the {@link #getChainedLevel} method always
 * returns the value of the level field without walking the hierarchy.
 * 
 * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
 * 
 */
public final class RootLogger extends Logger {
    /**
     * The root logger names itself as "root". However, the root logger cannot be
     * retrieved by name.
     */
    public RootLogger(Level level) {
	super("root");
	setLevel(level);
    }

    /**
     * Return the assigned level value without walking the logger hierarchy.
     */
    public final Level getChainedLevel() {
	return level;
    }

    /**
     * Setting a null value to the level of the root logger may have catastrophic
     * results. We prevent this here.
     * 
     * @since 0.8.3
     */
    public final void setLevel(Level level) {
	if (level == null) {
	    LogLog.error("You have tried to set a null level to root.", new Throwable());
	} else {
	    this.level = level;
	}
    }

}
