--- projects/cms/source/util/uk/org/iscream/cms/util/XMLPacketMaker.java	2000/12/07 23:26:16	1.6
+++ projects/cms/source/util/uk/org/iscream/cms/util/XMLPacketMaker.java	2000/12/12 20:44:30	1.7
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import uk.ac.ukc.iscream.core.*;
 /**
  * XMLPacketMaker - Creates an XMLPacket object.
  *
- * @author  $Author: tdb $
- * @version $Id: XMLPacketMaker.java,v 1.6 2000/12/07 23:26:16 tdb Exp $
+ * @author  $Author: ajm $
+ * @version $Id: XMLPacketMaker.java,v 1.7 2000/12/12 20:44:30 ajm Exp $
  */
 public class XMLPacketMaker extends HandlerBase {
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class XMLPacketMaker extends HandlerBase {
     /**
      * The current CVS revision of this class
      */
-    public final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.6 $";
+    public final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.7 $";
     
 //---STATIC METHODS---
 
@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ public class XMLPacketMaker extends HandlerBase {
      * Overrides the {@link java.lang.Object#toString() Object.toString()}
      * method to provide clean logging (every class should have this).
      *
+     * This uses the uk.ac.ukc.iscream.util.NameFormat class
+     * to format the toString()
+     *
      * @return the name of this class and its CVS revision
      */
     public String toString() {
-        return this.getClass().getName() + "(" + REVISION.substring(11, REVISION.length() - 2) + ")";
+        return FormatName.getName(
+            _name,
+            getClass().getName(),
+            REVISION);
     }
 
 //---PRIVATE METHODS---
@@ -78,8 +84,27 @@ public class XMLPacketMaker extends HandlerBase {
 
 //---ATTRIBUTES---
 
+    /**
+     * Holds the xml
+     */
     String _xml;
-    Logger _logger = ReferenceManager.getInstance().getLogger();
+    
+    /**
+     * This holds a reference to the
+     * system logger that is being used.
+     */
+    private Logger _logger = ReferenceManager.getInstance().getLogger();
+    
+    /**
+     * This is the friendly identifier of the
+     * component this class is running in.
+     * eg, a Filter may be called "filter1",
+     * If this class does not have an owning
+     * component,  a name from the configuration
+     * can be placed here.  This name could also
+     * be changed to null for utility classes.
+     */
+    private String _name = null;
 
 //---STATIC ATTRIBUTES---