Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 C API Reference

The Logging API for C

The logging API is designed to allow C applications to produce messages of interest and write them to the Access Manager logs. When some type of event occurs in an external application, the application code first determines if the logging module (a file created for messages usually relevant to a specific function or feature) to which the event is relevant has a level high enough to log the event. (A level specifies importance and defines the amount of detail that will be logged.) If the determination is affirmative, a log message is generated and a log record created in the relevant logging module. Information in the log record can be updated as necessary. The following notes regard the logging API for C functionality: