ch.qos.logback.core.pattern
Class Converter<E>

java.lang.Object
  ch.qos.logback.core.pattern.Converter<E>

Direct Known Subclasses:

FormattingConverter, LiteralConverter

public abstract class Converter<E>
extends Object

A minimal converter which sets up the general interface for derived classes. It also implements the functionality to chain converters in a linked list.

Author:

ceki

Constructor Summary

Converter()

Method Summary

abstract String	convert(E event) The convert method is responsible for extracting data from the event and storing it for later use by the write method.
Converter<E>	getNext()
void	setNext(Converter<E> next)
void	write(StringBuffer buf, E event) In its simplest incarnation, a convert simply appends the data extracted from the event to the buffer passed as parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Converter

public Converter()

Method Detail

convert

public abstract String convert(E event)

The convert method is responsible for extracting data from the event and storing it for later use by the write method.

Parameters:

event -

write

public void write(StringBuffer buf,
                  E event)

In its simplest incarnation, a convert simply appends the data extracted from the event to the buffer passed as parameter.

Parameters:

buf - The input buffer where data is appended

event - The event from where data is extracted

setNext

public final void setNext(Converter<E> next)

getNext

public final Converter<E> getNext()