Package ch.qos.logback.core.pattern

Class Converter<E>

  • Direct Known Subclasses:
    FormattingConverter, LiteralConverter
    public abstract class Converter<E>
extends java.lang.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.

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      Converter()  

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      abstract java.lang.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​(java.lang.StringBuilder 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

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • Converter

        public Converter()

    • Method Detail

      • convert

        public abstract java.lang.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​(java.lang.StringBuilder 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)