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<div class="CGroup"><div class=CTopic id=MainTopic><h1 class=CTitle><a name="Reporting_Classes" href="../../ovm_ref/reporting.txt">Reporting Classes</a></h1><div class=CBody><p>The reporting classes provide a facility for issuing reports with consistent formatting.&nbsp; Users can configure what actions to take and what files to send output to based on report severity, ID, or both severity and ID.&nbsp; Users can also filter messages based on their verbosity settings.</p><p>The primary interface to the OVM reporting facility is the <a href="../files/base/ovm_report_object-svh.html#ovm_report_object" class=LClass id=link1 onMouseOver="ShowTip(event, 'tt1', 'link1')" onMouseOut="HideTip('tt1')">ovm_report_object</a> from which all <a href="../files/base/ovm_component-svh.html#ovm_component" class=LClass id=link2 onMouseOver="ShowTip(event, 'tt2', 'link2')" onMouseOut="HideTip('tt2')">ovm_components</a> extend.&nbsp; The ovm_report_object delegates most tasks to its internal <a href="../files/base/ovm_report_handler-svh.html#ovm_report_handler" class=LClass id=link3 onMouseOver="ShowTip(event, 'tt3', 'link3')" onMouseOut="HideTip('tt3')">ovm_report_handler</a>.&nbsp; If the report handler determines the report is not filtered based the configured verbosity setting, it sends the report to the central <a href="../files/base/ovm_report_server-svh.html#ovm_report_server" class=LClass id=link4 onMouseOver="ShowTip(event, 'tt4', 'link4')" onMouseOut="HideTip('tt4')">ovm_report_server</a> for formatting and processing.</p><img src="nd/Images/ovm_ref_reporting.gif" width="433" height="232"></div></div></div>
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<div class=CToolTip id="tt1"><div class=CClass><blockquote><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 class=Prototype><tr><td>class ovm_report_object extends ovm_object</td></tr></table></blockquote>The ovm_report_object provides an interface to the OVM reporting facility. </div></div><div class=CToolTip id="tt2"><div class=CClass><blockquote><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 class=Prototype><tr><td>virtual class ovm_component extends ovm_report_object</td></tr></table></blockquote>The ovm_component class is the root base class for OVM components. </div></div><div class=CToolTip id="tt3"><div class=CClass><blockquote><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 class=Prototype><tr><td>class ovm_report_handler</td></tr></table></blockquote>The ovm_report_handler is the class to which most methods in ovm_report_object delegate. </div></div><div class=CToolTip id="tt4"><div class=CClass><blockquote><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 class=Prototype><tr><td>class ovm_report_server</td></tr></table></blockquote>ovm_report_server is a global server that processes all of the reports generated by an ovm_report_handler. </div></div><!--END_ND_TOOLTIPS-->
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