de.taimos.daemon.log4j

Class LogentriesAppender

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

de.taimos.daemon.log4j.LogentriesAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.log4j.Appender, org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler

public class LogentriesAppender
extends org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

Logentries appender for log4j.

Author:

Mark Lacomber

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

closed, errorHandler, headFilter, layout, name, tailFilter, threshold

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LogentriesAppender()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event) Implements AppenderSkeleton Append method, handles time and format
void	close() Closes all connections to Logentries
boolean	requiresLayout()
void	setDebug(boolean debug) Sets the debug flag.
void	setHostName(String hostName) Sets the HostName from the configuration
void	setLogHostName(boolean logHostName) Determines whether to send HostName alongside with the log message
void	setLogID(String logID) Sets LogID parameter from the configuration
void	setToken(String token) Sets the token

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

activateOptions, addFilter, clearFilters, doAppend, finalize, getErrorHandler, getFilter, getFirstFilter, getLayout, getName, getThreshold, isAsSevereAsThreshold, setErrorHandler, setLayout, setName, setThreshold

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LogentriesAppender

public LogentriesAppender()

Method Detail

setToken

public void setToken(String token)

Sets the token

Parameters:

token - the logentries token

setDebug

public void setDebug(boolean debug)

Sets the debug flag. Appender in debug mode will print error messages on error console.

Parameters:

debug - debug flag to set

setLogHostName

public void setLogHostName(boolean logHostName)

Determines whether to send HostName alongside with the log message

Parameters:

logHostName - true to log host name

setHostName

public void setHostName(String hostName)

Sets the HostName from the configuration

Parameters:

hostName - the host name

setLogID

public void setLogID(String logID)

Sets LogID parameter from the configuration

Parameters:

logID - the log id

append

protected void append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event)

Implements AppenderSkeleton Append method, handles time and format

Specified by:

append in class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

Parameters:

event - event to log

close

public void close()

Closes all connections to Logentries

requiresLayout

public boolean requiresLayout()