# Class LoggerPatternParser

Most of the work of the LoggerPatternLayout class is delegated to the `LoggerPatternParser` class.

It is this class that parses conversion patterns and creates a chained list of `LoggerPatternConverter` converters.

Package: log4php\helpers
Version: $Revision: 1395467 $
Since: 0.3
Located at helpers/LoggerPatternParser.php

Methods summary
`public` | # `__construct( mixed $pattern, mixed $converterMap )`
`public `LoggerPatternConverter`` | # `parse( )` Parses the conversion pattern string, converts it to a chain of pattern converters and returns the first converter in the chain. Parses the conversion pattern string, converts it to a chain of pattern converters and returns the first converter in the chain. #### Returns ``LoggerPatternConverter``

Constants summary
`string` | `ESCAPE_CHAR` | `'%'` | # Escape character for conversion words in the conversion pattern. Escape character for conversion words in the conversion pattern.