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NAME

log4tango::Appender

SYNOPSIS

#include <Appender.hh>

Inherited by log4tango::LayoutAppender.

Public Member Functions


virtual ~Appender ()
Destructor for Appender. int append (const LoggingEvent &event)
Log in Appender specific way. virtual bool reopen (void)
Reopens the output destination of this Appender, e.g. virtual void close (void)=0
Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc. virtual bool requires_layout (void) const =0
Check if the appender uses a layout. virtual void set_layout (Layout *layout=0)=0
Change the layout. const std::string & get_name (void) const
Returns this appender name. virtual bool is_valid (void) const
Check if the appender is valid (for instance the underlying connection is ok) This default implementation always return true.

Protected Member Functions


Appender (const std::string &name)
Constructor for Appender. virtual void level_changed (Level::Value new_level)
Inform an appender that its Logger's logging level has changed. virtual int _append (const LoggingEvent &event)=0
Log in Appender specific way.

Friends


class Logger

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

log4tango::Appender::Appender (const std::string & name) [protected]

Constructor for Appender. Will only be used in getAppender() (and in derived classes of course).

Parameters

name The name of this Appender.

log4tango::Appender::~Appender () [virtual]

Destructor for Appender.

Member Function Documentation

virtual int log4tango::Appender::_append (const LoggingEvent & event) [protected], [pure virtual]

Log in Appender specific way. Subclasses of Appender should implement this method to perform actual logging.

Parameters

event The LoggingEvent to log.

Implemented in log4tango::FileAppender, log4tango::OstreamAppender, and log4tango::RollingFileAppender.

int log4tango::Appender::append (const LoggingEvent & event) [inline]

Log in Appender specific way. Returns -1 on error, 0 otherwise.

Parameters

event The LoggingEvent to log.

virtual void log4tango::Appender::close (void) [pure virtual]

Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc.

Implemented in log4tango::OstreamAppender, and log4tango::FileAppender.

const std::string & log4tango::Appender::get_name (void) const [inline]

Returns this appender name.

bool log4tango::Appender::is_valid (void) const [virtual]

Check if the appender is valid (for instance the underlying connection is ok) This default implementation always return true. Overload to define your own behaviour.

Returns

true if the appender is valid, false otherwise.

Reimplemented in log4tango::FileAppender.

void log4tango::Appender::level_changed (Level::Value new_level) [protected], [virtual]

Inform an appender that its Logger's logging level has changed. The default implementation does nothing.

Parameters

new_level The new Logger's level.

bool log4tango::Appender::reopen (void) [virtual]

Reopens the output destination of this Appender, e.g. the logfile or TCP socket.

Returns

false if an error occurred during reopening, true otherwise.

Reimplemented in log4tango::OstreamAppender, and log4tango::FileAppender.

virtual bool log4tango::Appender::requires_layout (void) const [pure virtual]

Check if the appender uses a layout.

Returns

true if the appender implementation requires a layout.

Implemented in log4tango::LayoutAppender.

virtual void log4tango::Appender::set_layout (Layout * layout = 0) [pure virtual]

Change the layout.

Implemented in log4tango::LayoutAppender.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

friend class Logger [friend]

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