org.apache.log4j.rule
Class LevelEqualsRule

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.rule.AbstractRule
      org.apache.log4j.rule.LevelEqualsRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Rule

public class LevelEqualsRule
extends AbstractRule

A Rule class implementing equals against two levels.

Author:

Scott Deboy (sdeboy@apache.org)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

boolean	evaluate(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event, java.util.Map matches) Returns true if this implementation of the rule accepts the LoggingEvent, or false if not.
static Rule	getRule(java.lang.String value) Create new rule.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.rule.AbstractRule

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getRule

public static Rule getRule(java.lang.String value)

Create new rule.

Parameters:

value - name of level.

Returns:

instance of LevelEqualsRule.

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event,
                        java.util.Map matches)

Returns true if this implementation of the rule accepts the LoggingEvent, or false if not.

What True/False means can be client-specific.

Parameters:

event - LoggingEvent this instance will evaluate

matches - a Map of event field keys to Sets of matching strings (may be null) which will be updated during execution of this method to include field and string matches based on the rule evaluation results

Returns:

true if this Rule instance accepts the event, otherwise false.