ch.qos.logback.core
Interface Appender<E>

All Superinterfaces:

ContextAware, FilterAttachable, LifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

AppenderBase, ConsoleAppender, CyclicBufferAppender, DBAppender, DBAppender, DBAppenderBase, FileAppender, JMSAppenderBase, JMSQueueAppender, JMSTopicAppender, ListAppender, RollingFileAppender, SMTPAppender, SMTPAppender, SMTPAppenderBase, SocketAppender, SocketAppender, SocketAppenderBase, SyslogAppender, SyslogAppenderBase, TelnetAppender, WriterAppender

public interface Appender<E>
extends LifeCycle, ContextAware, FilterAttachable

Method Summary

void	doAppend(E event) This is where an appender accomplishes its work.
Layout<E>	getLayout() Returns this appenders layout.
String	getName() Get the name of this appender.
void	setLayout(Layout<E> layout) Set the Layout for this appender.
void	setName(String name) Set the name of this appender.

Methods inherited from interface ch.qos.logback.core.spi.LifeCycle

isStarted, start, stop

Methods inherited from interface ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAware

addError, addError, addInfo, addInfo, addStatus, addWarn, addWarn, getContext, setContext

Methods inherited from interface ch.qos.logback.core.spi.FilterAttachable

addFilter, clearAllFilters, getFilterChainDecision, getFirstFilter

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Get the name of this appender. The name uniquely identifies the appender.

doAppend

void doAppend(E event)
              throws LogbackException

This is where an appender accomplishes its work. Note that the argument is of type Object.

Parameters:

event -

Throws:

LogbackException

setLayout

void setLayout(Layout<E> layout)

Set the Layout for this appender.

getLayout

Layout<E> getLayout()

Returns this appenders layout.

setName

void setName(String name)

Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other components to identify this appender.