Add static factory method to LogMessage

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/vespalog/abi-spec.json b/vespalog/abi-spec.json
index d0811437978..c76d138e9cc 100644
--- a/vespalog/abi-spec.json
+++ b/vespalog/abi-spec.json
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
       "public"
     ],
     "methods": [
+      "public static com.yahoo.log.LogMessage of(java.time.Instant, java.lang.String, long, long, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.logging.Level, java.lang.String)",
       "public java.time.Instant getTimestamp()",
       "public long getTime()",
       "public long getTimeInSeconds()",
@@ -552,4 +553,4 @@
     ],
     "fields": []
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vespalog/src/main/java/com/yahoo/log/LogMessage.java b/vespalog/src/main/java/com/yahoo/log/LogMessage.java
index 7e77b70ae9a..92fc8d8dd92 100644
--- a/vespalog/src/main/java/com/yahoo/log/LogMessage.java
+++ b/vespalog/src/main/java/com/yahoo/log/LogMessage.java
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ public class LogMessage
         this.payload = payload;
     }
 
+    public static LogMessage of(
+            Instant time, String host, long processId, long threadId,
+            String service, String component, Level level, String payload) {
+        return new LogMessage(time, host, processId, threadId, service, component, level, payload);
+    }
+
     public Instant  getTimestamp()       {return time;}
     /**
      * @deprecated Use {@link #getTimestamp()}