PsDebug ("JavaView Reference Manual")

java.lang.Object
- jv.object.PsDebug

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable
```
public final class PsDebug
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Runnable
```
Allows to issue messages and debug information on the console of JavaView, which is different from Java console. These calls are intended to replace System.out calls. Textual debug information may be issued with either of the following calls
```
        if (PsDebug.NOTIFY) PsDebug.notify(String)    // Default: disabled in release version
        if (PsDebug.WARNING) PsDebug.warning(String)  // Default: enabled
        PsDebug.error(String, PsObject)               // Default: enabled
 
```
and textual messages may be directly issued with
```
        PsDebug.message(String)                       // Default: enabled
 
```
All information is collected in a text area and shown in the dialog PsConsole. The checkboxes located in the header of the console allow to enable different warning levels. Remark: All messages are cached and flushed to console after some short intervals.

Debug methods parse the current stack trace and print additional information about the calling method and class.
See Also:
PsConsole

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static boolean`	`DEBUG` Determines if JavaView runs in debug mode.
`static boolean`	`ERROR` Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.error() calls.
`static int`	`MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH` Determines the message type 'message'.
`static boolean`	`MEMORY` Determines if JavaView performs memory measurements.
`static boolean`	`MESSAGE` Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.message() calls.
`static boolean`	`NOTIFY` Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.notify() calls.
`static boolean`	`STATUS` Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.showStatus() calls.
`static boolean`	`WARNING` Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.warning() calls.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

PsDebug()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`PsDebug()`

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static void`	`beep(java.lang.String message)` Issue a beep and print message to System.out.
`static void`	`disposeConsole()` Dispose console window, e.g. when applet stops, remove textArea and reset variables.
`static void`	`error(java.lang.String aString)` Error messages indicate fatal errors which cannot be handled.
`static void`	`error(java.lang.String aString, java.lang.Object what)` Error messages indicate fatal errors which cannot be handled.
`static void`	`flushMessages()` Flush cached messages into console window.
`static PsConsole`	`getConsole()` Get console window.
`static java.awt.Rectangle`	`getConsoleSize()` Get rectangle with size of JavaView console window.
`static long`	`getFlushInterval()` Get length of least time interval between two successive flushes.
`static int`	`getMaxNumBeeps()` Get maximal number of warning beeps.
`static long`	`getMemoryIncr()` Get amount of newly allocated memory since last call of initMemory() or getMemoryIncr().
`static long`	`getMemoryTotal()` Get total amount of memory which is total memory minus free memory of current runtime.
`static java.awt.Panel`	`getStatusPanel()` Get panel which shows status information.
`static long`	`getTimeIncr()` Get number of milliseconds since last call of getIncrTime() or initTime().
`static long`	`getTimeUsed()` Get number of milliseconds since last call of initTime().
`static boolean`	`hasConsole()` Get state of console.
`static boolean`	`hasMessages()` Check whether message buffer contains non-flushed messages.
`static void`	`initMemory()` Compute initial amount of memory for use with getMemoryIncr().
`static void`	`initTime()` Initialize timer for use with getTimeUsed() and getTimeIncr().
`static boolean`	`isDebug()` Check switch if debugging is enabled.
`static boolean`	`isError()` Check switch to record heavy errors in JavaView console.
`static boolean`	`isMessage()` Check switch to record info message in JavaView console.
`static boolean`	`isNotify()` Check switch to record notify message, i.e. debug messages, in JavaView console.
`static boolean`	`isWarning()` Check switch to record warning messages in JavaView console.
`static void`	`message(java.lang.String aString)` Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off.
`static void`	`message(java.lang.String aString, boolean bShowConsole)` Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off.
`static void`	`messageWithoutNewline(java.lang.String aString)` Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off.
`static void`	`messageWithoutNewline(java.lang.String aString, boolean bShowConsole)` Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off.
`static void`	`notify(java.lang.String aString)` Heavily used during development process for all different messages.
`static void`	`outOfMemory(java.lang.OutOfMemoryError oom)` Issue an OutOfMemory warning and perform garbage collection.
`static void`	`popStatus()` Recall and show the previous status message.
`static void`	`pushStatus(java.lang.String aString)` Store previous status on stack and show this new status message.
`static void`	`pushStatus(java.lang.String aString, int seconds)` Display message in status bar of applet, and in console window.
`void`	`run()` Flush messages collected with PsDebug to console.
`static void`	`setConsole(PsConsole console)` Set console.
`static void`	`setDebug(boolean aFlag)` Enable debugging.
`static void`	`setError(boolean aFlag)` Enable recording of heavy errors in JavaView console.
`static void`	`setMaxNumBeeps(int num)` Set maximal number of warning beeps.
`static void`	`setMessage(boolean aFlag)` Enable recording of info message in JavaView console.
`static void`	`setNotify(boolean aFlag)` Enable recording of notify message, i.e. debug messages, in JavaView console.
`static void`	`setWarning(boolean aFlag)` Enable recording of warning messages in JavaView console.
`static void`	`showStatus(java.lang.String aString)` Display message in status bar of applet, and in console window.
`static void`	`warning(java.lang.Exception ex, java.lang.String aString)` Warning messages indicate real errors which are handled.
`static void`	`warning(java.lang.String aString)` Warning messages indicate real errors which are handled.
`static void`	`warning(java.lang.String aString, java.lang.Object what)` Warning messages indicate real errors which are handled.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - STATUS
```
public static final boolean STATUS
```
    Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.showStatus() calls. If STATUS==false then all notification methods are removed by a Java compiler during optimization since the methods would never be executed.
    The Microsoft conditional directive is used to simplify the conditional switch, and the conditional statements can be removed without any influence if the developer sets the variable STATUS by hand.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - MESSAGE
```
public static final boolean MESSAGE
```
    Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.message() calls. If MESSAGE==false then all notification methods are removed by a Java compiler during optimization since the methods would never be executed.
    The Microsoft conditional directive is used to simplify the conditional switch, and the conditional statements can be removed without any influence if the developer sets the variable MESSAGE by hand.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - NOTIFY
```
public static final boolean NOTIFY
```
    Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.notify() calls. If NOTIFY==false then all notification methods are removed by a Java compiler during optimization since the methods would never be executed.
    The Microsoft conditional directive is used to simplify the conditional switch, and the conditional statements can be removed without any influence if the developer sets the variable NOTIFY by hand.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - WARNING
```
public static final boolean WARNING
```
    Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.warning() calls. If WARNING==false then all warning methods are removed by a Java compiler during optimization since the methods would never be executed.
    The Microsoft conditional directive is used to simplify the conditional switch, and the conditional statements can be removed without any influence if the developer sets the variable WARNING by hand.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - ERROR
```
public static final boolean ERROR
```
    Global flag used during compile time to include or exclude all PsDebug.error() calls. If ERROR==false then all error methods are removed by a Java compiler during optimization since the methods would never be executed.
    The Microsoft conditional directive is used to simplify the conditional switch, and the conditional statements can be removed without any influence if the developer sets the variable ERROR by hand.
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView 2.37
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - DEBUG
```
public static final boolean DEBUG
```
    Determines if JavaView runs in debug mode.
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView 3.54.000
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - MEMORY
```
public static final boolean MEMORY
```
    Determines if JavaView performs memory measurements.
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView 3.84.012
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH
```
public static final int MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH
```
    Determines the message type 'message'.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - PsDebug
```
public PsDebug()
```
- Method Detail
  - getConsole
```
public static PsConsole getConsole()
```
    Get console window. It is no error if console window is not available, e.g. when during startup frame has not been registered in PsConfig. The text area is available from the very beginning and records all information. If console is opened this information is displayed in the console.
  - getStatusPanel
```
public static java.awt.Panel getStatusPanel()
```
    Get panel which shows status information.
  - disposeConsole
```
public static void disposeConsole()
```
    Dispose console window, e.g. when applet stops, remove textArea and reset variables. Since PsDebug is a static class it is essential to remove the console and textArea when an applet stops, since otherwise the next applet will get the same console window and textArea.
  - setConsole
```
public static void setConsole(PsConsole console)
```
    Set console.
  - hasConsole
```
public static boolean hasConsole()
```
    Get state of console.
  - getConsoleSize
```
public static java.awt.Rectangle getConsoleSize()
```
    Get rectangle with size of JavaView console window.
  - isMessage
```
public static boolean isMessage()
```
    Check switch to record info message in JavaView console.
  - setMessage
```
public static void setMessage(boolean aFlag)
```
    Enable recording of info message in JavaView console.
  - isNotify
```
public static boolean isNotify()
```
    Check switch to record notify message, i.e. debug messages, in JavaView console.
  - setNotify
```
public static void setNotify(boolean aFlag)
```
    Enable recording of notify message, i.e. debug messages, in JavaView console.
  - isWarning
```
public static boolean isWarning()
```
    Check switch to record warning messages in JavaView console.
  - setWarning
```
public static void setWarning(boolean aFlag)
```
    Enable recording of warning messages in JavaView console.
  - isError
```
public static boolean isError()
```
    Check switch to record heavy errors in JavaView console.
  - setError
```
public static void setError(boolean aFlag)
```
    Enable recording of heavy errors in JavaView console.
  - isDebug
```
public static boolean isDebug()
```
    Check switch if debugging is enabled.
  - setDebug
```
public static void setDebug(boolean aFlag)
```
    Enable debugging.
  - getFlushInterval
```
public static long getFlushInterval()
```
    Get length of least time interval between two successive flushes.
  - hasMessages
```
public static boolean hasMessages()
```
    Check whether message buffer contains non-flushed messages.
  - flushMessages
```
public static final void flushMessages()
```
    Flush cached messages into console window. Console window is the Runnable and calls this method from time to time.
  - popStatus
```
public static final void popStatus()
```
    Recall and show the previous status message.
  - pushStatus
```
public static final void pushStatus(java.lang.String aString)
```
    Store previous status on stack and show this new status message.
  - pushStatus
```
public static final void pushStatus(java.lang.String aString,
              int seconds)
```
    Display message in status bar of applet, and in console window.
    
    Parameters:
    aString - status message
  - run
```
public void run()
```
    Flush messages collected with PsDebug to console. All handling is done inside PsDebug, but PsDebug cannot implement functionality of a Runnable since it is static. Therefore, the instance of PsConsole is used.
    
    Specified by:
    
    run in interface java.lang.Runnable
  - showStatus
```
public static final void showStatus(java.lang.String aString)
```
    Display message in status bar of applet, and in console window.
    
    Parameters:
    aString - status message
  - message
```
public static final void message(java.lang.String aString)
```
    Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off.
  - messageWithoutNewline
```
public static final void messageWithoutNewline(java.lang.String aString)
```
    Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off.
  - message
```
public static final void message(java.lang.String aString,
           boolean bShowConsole)
```
    Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off. Additional message method which allows to avoid automatic display of the JavaView console.
  - messageWithoutNewline
```
public static final void messageWithoutNewline(java.lang.String aString,
                         boolean bShowConsole)
```
    Print messages immediately to console, make rare use since no button to turn it off. Additional message method which allows to avoid automatic display of the JavaView console.
  - notify
```
public static final void notify(java.lang.String aString)
```
    Heavily used during development process for all different messages. Many calls should remain even after in the release version but with disabled notification.
  - warning
```
public static final void warning(java.lang.String aString)
```
    Warning messages indicate real errors which are handled. A warning message indicates that something is wrong with the system, and further running may lead to unexpected behaviour.
    
    Parameters:
    aString - warning message
  - warning
```
public static final void warning(java.lang.Exception ex,
           java.lang.String aString)
```
    Warning messages indicate real errors which are handled. A warning message indicates that something is wrong with the system, and further running may lead to unexpected behaviour.
    Print stack trace either of the method which invoked this warning method, or, if ex!=null print the stack trace of the exception.
    
    Parameters:
    ex - Stack trace of exception is printed rather than of invocation of warning.
    aString - warning message
  - warning
```
public static final void warning(java.lang.String aString,
           java.lang.Object what)
```
    Warning messages indicate real errors which are handled. A warning message indicates that something is wrong with the system, and further running may lead to unexpected behaviour.
    
    Parameters:
    aString - warning message
    what - object containing more information, what.toString() is appended to message
  - error
```
public static final void error(java.lang.String aString)
```
    Error messages indicate fatal errors which cannot be handled. The system is completely out of order. Method calls PsDebug.error(String, Object) with object==null. Console window pops up automatically if method is called.
    
    Parameters:
    aString - error message
  - error
```
public static final void error(java.lang.String aString,
         java.lang.Object what)
```
    Error messages indicate fatal errors which cannot be handled. The system is completely out of order. Console window pops up automatically if method is called.
    
    Parameters:
    aString - error message.
    what - object containing more information, what.toString() is appended to message.
  - getMaxNumBeeps
```
public static int getMaxNumBeeps()
```
    Get maximal number of warning beeps.
    
    Returns:
    the maximal number of warning beeps.
  - setMaxNumBeeps
```
public static void setMaxNumBeeps(int num)
```
    Set maximal number of warning beeps.
    
    Parameters:
    num - maximal number of warning beeps.
  - beep
```
public static void beep(java.lang.String message)
```
    Issue a beep and print message to System.out. Only the first invocations of this method lead to an actually beep.
    The beep() method attempts to play an audio beep. You have no control over pitch, duration, or volume; it is like putting echo ^G in a UNIX shell script.
    If run as application this method calls the beep method of the default toolkit. If run as applet then a beep from an audio file is played (pending).
    Method is called if an error occurs, or, when in debug mode, also if a warning occurs. Information about the beep is given in the console window of JavaView.
  - initTime
```
public static void initTime()
```
    Initialize timer for use with getTimeUsed() and getTimeIncr().
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView v3.84.012
  - getTimeUsed
```
public static long getTimeUsed()
```
    Get number of milliseconds since last call of initTime().
    
    Returns:
    number of milliseconds since last call of initTime().
    Since:
    
    JavaView v3.84.012
  - getTimeIncr
```
public static long getTimeIncr()
```
    Get number of milliseconds since last call of getIncrTime() or initTime().
    
    Returns:
    number of milliseconds since last call of getTimeIncr() or initTime().
    Since:
    
    JavaView v3.84.012
  - initMemory
```
public static void initMemory()
```
    Compute initial amount of memory for use with getMemoryIncr(). It is a good idea to garbage collect before, e.g. using PsConfig.runCG().
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView v3.84.012
  - getMemoryTotal
```
public static long getMemoryTotal()
```
    Get total amount of memory which is total memory minus free memory of current runtime.
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView v3.84.012
  - getMemoryIncr
```
public static long getMemoryIncr()
```
    Get amount of newly allocated memory since last call of initMemory() or getMemoryIncr().
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView v3.84.012
  - outOfMemory
```
public static void outOfMemory(java.lang.OutOfMemoryError oom)
```
    Issue an OutOfMemory warning and perform garbage collection.
    
    Since:
    
    JavaView v3.85.002

Class PsDebug

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

STATUS

MESSAGE

NOTIFY

WARNING

ERROR

DEBUG

MEMORY

MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH

Constructor Detail

PsDebug

Method Detail

getConsole

getStatusPanel

disposeConsole

setConsole

hasConsole

getConsoleSize

isMessage

setMessage

isNotify

setNotify

isWarning

setWarning

isError

setError

isDebug

setDebug

getFlushInterval

hasMessages

flushMessages

popStatus

pushStatus

pushStatus

run

showStatus

message

messageWithoutNewline

message

messageWithoutNewline

notify

warning

warning

warning

error

error

getMaxNumBeeps

setMaxNumBeeps

beep

initTime

getTimeUsed

getTimeIncr

initMemory

getMemoryTotal

getMemoryIncr

outOfMemory