ch.qos.logback.core
Interface Appender<E>

All Superinterfaces:

ContextAware, FilterAttachable<E>, LifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

AppenderBase, AsyncAppenderBase, ConsoleAppender, CyclicBufferAppender, DBAppenderBase, FileAppender, JMSAppenderBase, ListAppender, NOPAppender, OutputStreamAppender, RollingFileAppender, SiftingAppenderBase, SMTPAppenderBase, SocketAppenderBase, SyslogAppenderBase, UnsynchronizedAppenderBase

public interface Appender<E>
extends LifeCycle, ContextAware, FilterAttachable<E>

Method Summary

void	doAppend(E event) This is where an appender accomplishes its work.
String	getName() Get the name of this appender.
void	setName(String name) Set the name of this appender.

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

isStarted, start, stop

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

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

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

addFilter, clearAllFilters, getCopyOfAttachedFiltersList, getFilterChainDecision

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Get the name of this appender. The name uniquely identifies the appender.

doAppend

void doAppend(E event)
              throws LogbackException

This is where an appender accomplishes its work. Note that the argument is of type Object.

Parameters:

event -

Throws:

LogbackException

setName

void setName(String name)

Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other components to identify this appender.