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Core

Module core

This module holds utilities used in other libraries of the toolkit. Check the packages' documentation for more details. You can find a quick recap of the main features in the sections below.

Install the Dependency

This module is not meant to be imported directly. It will be included by using any other part of the toolkit. However, if you only want to use the utilities, logging, etc. (i.e., for a desktop application), you can import it with the following code:

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repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

implementation("com.hexagonkt:core:$hexagonVersion")

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<dependency>
  <groupId>com.hexagonkt</groupId>
  <artifactId>core</artifactId>
  <version>$hexagonVersion</version>
</dependency>

Package com.hexagonkt.core

JVM information and other useful utilities.

Classpath URLs in native images

To use the 'classpath' URL scheme on GraalVM native images, the native-image command requires to add the Classpath handler manually with the --enable-url-protocols=classpath parameter.

Flags (System Properties)

  • DISABLE_CHECKS: set to true to disable some checks in order to shave a few ms. in production. Do not enable it in application development and turn it on only when the application is extensively tested.

Package com.hexagonkt.core.converters

Registry of functions to convert from one type to another.

TODO

Package com.hexagonkt.core.handlers

TODO

KEY TAKEAWAY: the order is NOT the order, it is the depth. Handlers are not linked, they are NESTED. The next() method passes control to the next level.

So this:

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Is really:

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Events

Handlers

Filters

Callbacks

Package com.hexagonkt.core.logging

Provides a logging management capabilities abstracting the application from logging libraries.

The following code block shows the most common use cases for the Logger class:

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val classLogger: Logger = Logger(Runtime::class) // Logger for the `Runtime` class
val instanceLogger: Logger = Logger(this::class) // Logger for this instance's class

logger.info {
    """
    You can add a quick log without declaring a Logger with 'com.hexagonkt.helpers.logger'.
    It is a default logger created for the System class (same as `Logger(System::class)`).
    """
}

classLogger.trace { "Message only evaluated if trace enabled at ${Jvm.id}" }
classLogger.debug { "Message only evaluated if debug enabled at ${Jvm.id}" }
classLogger.warn { "Message only evaluated if warn enabled at ${Jvm.id}" }
classLogger.info { "Message only evaluated if info enabled at ${Jvm.id}" }

val exception = IllegalStateException("Exception")
classLogger.warn(exception) { "Warning with exception" }
classLogger.error(exception) { "Error message with exception" }
classLogger.warn(exception)
classLogger.error(exception)
classLogger.error { "Error without an exception" }

classLogger.time("Logs the time used to run the following block of code") {
    val message = "Block of code to be timed"
    assert(message.isNotBlank())
}

instanceLogger.flare { "Prints a log that stands out for ease searching" }

// Logging level can be changed programmatically
LoggingManager.setLoggerLevel(ERROR)
LoggingManager.setLoggerLevel(classLogger, DEBUG)
LoggingManager.setLoggerLevel("com.hexagonkt", INFO)

By default, Hexagon uses the Java Util Logging logging library, you can use any of its implementations by just adding another logging adapter as a dependency. Below you can see some alternatives:

Package com.hexagonkt.core.logging.jul

Logging implementation for Java logging module. This is the default implementation.

Package com.hexagonkt.core.media

Media types definitions and constants for default media types.

Package com.hexagonkt.core.security

Cryptography and key stores utilities.