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3.4 User interface concept
Figure 3.4.1: logFaces client user interface
logFaces is designed with two major goals in mind – real-time monitoring and drilling into the log
history. The user interface you see above is built for achieving those tasks. The client is an Eclipse
RCP application and retains most of the Eclipse paradigms – there is a working area in a middle and
it's surrounded by auxiliary views which drive the work flow.
Real time data and query results are displayed in a middle part within data tables and each piece of
information has its own tab. You can move those tabs around to have several views displayed
together.
Along with the data, there are structural pieces of information like names of loggers, applications,
hosts, exceptions, event details – they occupy axillary views around the main area. Axillary views
also can be hidden, shown or re-arranged as you see fit.
The following sections explain how to do the monitoring and drilling as well as the usage of auxiliary
views.
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