org.e2etrace.trace
Interface ITraceStepId

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTraceStepId, MethodTraceStepId, SimpleTraceStepId, TraceSessionRootStepId

public interface ITraceStepId

Unique ID for a trace step within a trace session.

An example for a suitable trace step id is the fully qualified class name plus the method name.

Author:

Gunther Popp

Method Summary

String

asString() Returns a String representation of the trace step id.

Method Detail

asString

String asString()

Returns a String representation of the trace step id.

In contrast to toString the String representation should be suitable to be used in log and configuration files. Additionally it must uniquely identify an id.

Returns:

String representation of the trace step id