org.apache.log4j.plugins
Class Receiver

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.spi.ComponentBase
      org.apache.log4j.plugins.PluginSkeleton
          org.apache.log4j.plugins.Receiver

All Implemented Interfaces:

Plugin, Component, org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler, Thresholdable

public abstract class Receiver
extends PluginSkeleton
implements Thresholdable

Defines the base class for Receiver plugins.

Just as Appenders send logging events outside of the log4j environment (to files, to smtp, to sockets, etc), Receivers bring logging events inside the log4j environment.

Receivers are meant to support the receiving of remote logging events from another process. For example, SocketAppender "appends" a logging event to a socket, configured for a specific host and port number. On the receiving side of the socket can be a SocketReceiver object. The SocketReceiver object receives the logging event, and then "posts" it to the log4j environment (LoggerRepository) on the receiving machine, to be handled by the configured appenders, etc. The various settings in this environment (Logger levels, Appender filters & thresholds) are applied to the received logging event.

Receivers can also be used to "import" log messages from other logging packages into the log4j environment.

Receivers can be configured to post events to a given LoggerRepository.

Subclasses of Receiver must implement the isActive(), activateOptions(), and shutdown() methods. The doPost() method is provided to standardize the "import" of remote events into the repository.

Author:

Mark Womack, Ceki Gülcü, Paul Smith (psmith@apache.org)

Field Summary

protected org.apache.log4j.Level

thresholdLevel Threshold level.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.plugins.PluginSkeleton

active, name

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.spi.ComponentBase

repository

Constructor Summary

protected

Receiver() Create new instance.

Method Summary

void	doPost(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event) Posts the logging event to a logger in the configured logger repository.
org.apache.log4j.Level	getThreshold() Gets the current threshold setting of the receiver.
boolean	isAsSevereAsThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Level level) Returns true if the given level is equals or greater than the current threshold value of the receiver.
void	setThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Level level) Sets the receiver theshold to the given level.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.plugins.PluginSkeleton

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getLoggerRepository, getName, isActive, isEquivalent, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, setLoggerRepository, setName

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.spi.ComponentBase

getLogger, getNonFloodingLogger, resetErrorCount

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.log4j.plugins.Plugin

shutdown

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler

activateOptions

Field Detail

thresholdLevel

protected org.apache.log4j.Level thresholdLevel

Threshold level.

Constructor Detail

Receiver

protected Receiver()

Create new instance.

Method Detail

setThreshold

public void setThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Level level)

Sets the receiver theshold to the given level.

Specified by:

setThreshold in interface Thresholdable

Parameters:

level - The threshold level events must equal or be greater than before further processing can be done.

getThreshold

public org.apache.log4j.Level getThreshold()

Gets the current threshold setting of the receiver.

Specified by:

getThreshold in interface Thresholdable

Returns:

Level The current threshold level of the receiver.

isAsSevereAsThreshold

public boolean isAsSevereAsThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Level level)

Returns true if the given level is equals or greater than the current threshold value of the receiver.

Specified by:

isAsSevereAsThreshold in interface Thresholdable

Parameters:

level - The level to test against the receiver threshold.

Returns:

boolean True if level is equal or greater than the receiver threshold.

doPost

public void doPost(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event)

Posts the logging event to a logger in the configured logger repository.

Parameters:

event - the log event to post to the local log4j environment.