io.dropwizard.logging

Interface AppenderFactory

All Superinterfaces:

Discoverable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAppenderFactory, ConsoleAppenderFactory, FileAppenderFactory, SyslogAppenderFactory

public interface AppenderFactory
extends Discoverable

A service provider interface for creating Logback Appender instances.

To create your own, just:

1. Create a class which implements AppenderFactory.
2. Annotate it with @JsonTypeName and give it a unique type name.
3. add a META-INF/services/io.dropwizard.logging.AppenderFactory file with your implementation's full class name to the class path.

See Also:

ConsoleAppenderFactory, FileAppenderFactory, SyslogAppenderFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ch.qos.logback.core.Appender<ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent>	build(ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext context, String applicationName, ch.qos.logback.core.Layout<ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent> layout) Given a Logback context, an application name, and a layout, build a new appender.

Method Detail

build

ch.qos.logback.core.Appender<ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent> build(ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext context,
                                                                             String applicationName,
                                                                             ch.qos.logback.core.Layout<ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent> layout)

Given a Logback context, an application name, and a layout, build a new appender.

Parameters:

context - the Logback context

applicationName - the application name

layout - the layout for logging

Returns:

a new, started Appender