ch.qos.logback.core
Class ConsoleAppender<E>

java.lang.Object
  ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAwareBase
      ch.qos.logback.core.AppenderBase<E>
          ch.qos.logback.core.WriterAppender<E>
              ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Appender<E>, ContextAware, FilterAttachable, LifeCycle

public class ConsoleAppender<E>
extends WriterAppender<E>

ConsoleAppender appends log events to System.out or System.err using a layout specified by the user. The default target is System.out. For more information about this appender, please refer to the online manual at http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html#ConsoleAppender

Author:

Ceki Gülcü

Field Summary

static String	SYSTEM_ERR
static String	SYSTEM_OUT
protected String	target

Fields inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.WriterAppender

encoding, immediateFlush, layout, writer

Fields inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.AppenderBase

name, started

Fields inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAwareBase

context

Constructor Summary

ConsoleAppender()
As in most cases, the default constructor does nothing.

Method Summary

protected void	closeWriter() This method overrides the parent WriterAppender.closeWriter() implementation because the console stream is not ours to close.
String	getTarget() Returns the current value of the Target property.
void	setTarget(String value) Sets the value of the Target option.
void	start() Checks that requires parameters are set and if everything is in order, activates this appender.

Methods inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.WriterAppender

append, createWriter, getEncoding, getImmediateFlush, getLayout, setEncoding, setImmediateFlush, setLayout, setWriter, stop, subAppend

Methods inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.AppenderBase

addFilter, clearAllFilters, doAppend, getFilterChainDecision, getFirstFilter, getName, isStarted, setName, toString

Methods inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAwareBase

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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

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

Field Detail

SYSTEM_OUT

public static final String SYSTEM_OUT

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Constant Field Values

SYSTEM_ERR

public static final String SYSTEM_ERR

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Constant Field Values

target

protected String target

Constructor Detail

ConsoleAppender

public ConsoleAppender()

As in most cases, the default constructor does nothing.

Method Detail

setTarget

public void setTarget(String value)

Sets the value of the Target option. Recognized values are "System.out" and "System.err". Any other value will be ignored.

getTarget

public String getTarget()

Returns the current value of the Target property. The default value of the option is "System.out". See also setTarget(java.lang.String).

start

public void start()

Description copied from class: WriterAppender

Checks that requires parameters are set and if everything is in order, activates this appender.

Specified by:

start in interface LifeCycle

Overrides:

start in class WriterAppender<E>

closeWriter

protected final void closeWriter()

This method overrides the parent WriterAppender.closeWriter() implementation because the console stream is not ours to close.

Overrides:

closeWriter in class WriterAppender<E>