001/*
002 * $Id: ErrorLevel.java 1557 2006-11-10 17:02:53Z rbair $
003 *
004 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle,
005 * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
006 *
007 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
015 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
019 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
020 */
021
022package org.jdesktop.swingx.error;
023
024import java.util.logging.Level;
025
026/**
027 * <p>Extends {@link java.util.logging.Level} adding the <code>FATAL</code> error level.
028 * Fatal errors are those unrecoverable errors that must result in the termination
029 * of the application.</p>
030 *
031 * @status REVIEWED
032 * @author rbair
033 */
034public class ErrorLevel extends Level {
035    /**
036     * FATAL is a message level indicating a catastrophic failure that should
037     * result in the immediate termination of the application.
038     * <p>
039     * In general FATAL messages should describe events that are
040     * of considerable critical and which will prevent
041     * program execution.   They should be reasonably intelligible
042     * to end users and to system administrators.
043     * This level is initialized to <CODE>1100</CODE>.
044     */    
045    public static final ErrorLevel FATAL = new ErrorLevel("FATAL", 1100);
046    
047    /** Creates a new instance of ErrorLevel */
048    protected ErrorLevel(String name, int value) {
049        super(name, value);
050    }
051}