public class ECMessage
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

This class defines the structure of a WCS 5.1 message object. An ECMessage object is used by the WCS Logging Service to retrieve and persist a locale-sensitive text message.

An ECMessage object has the following attributes:

• severity: ERROR, WARNING, STATUS, DEBUG, INFORMATIONAL
• type: USER, SYSTEM
• key: This is the key used to search the message within a resource bundle.
• resource bundle: This is the name of the resource bundle where the message is located.
• associated resource bundle: For system messages, this represents the resource bundle where the associated user message is located.

The severity of the message is defined by com.ibm.commerce.ras.ECMessageSeverity class. The following are possible severities levels defined for an ECMessage object:

• ECMessageSeverity.ERROR,
• ECMessageSeverity.WARNING,
• ECMessageSeverity.STATUS,
• ECMessageSeverity.DEBUG,
• ECMessageSeverity.INFORMATIONAL or ECMessageSeverity.INFO.

The type of the message is defined by the com.ibm.commerce.ras.ECMessageType class:

• ECMessageType.USER,
• ECMessageType.SYSTEM.

A USER ECMessage message will escalate to the shopper's web browser. A SYSTEM message is not designed to be displayed into the shopper's web browser. Both USER and SYSTEM messages are persisted in log files.