it.openutils.log4j
Class AlternateSMTPAppender

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
      it.openutils.log4j.AlternateSMTPAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

DynamicSubjectSMTPAppender

public class AlternateSMTPAppender
extends org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

An alternative of org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender with few differences:

• allow customizing the mail subject using a pattern
• can be configured with a timeout (in seconds), it will only send messages after this timeout
• it will send a mail for every single message (bufferSize is not supported), but it will aggregate any identical log event received during the timeout. Identical events are log with same message and same stack trace

  <appender name="mail" class="it.openutils.log4j.AlternateSMTPAppender">
      <param name="Threshold" value="ERROR" />
      <param name="To" value="[email protected]" />
      <param name="From" value="[email protected]" />
      <param name="SMTPHost" value="localhost" />
      <param name="Timeout" value="180" />
      <param name="Subject" value="[EXAMPLE] %m" />
      <layout class="it.openutils.log4j.FilteredPatternLayout">
          <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p  %c %d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss} -- %m%n" />
          <param name="Header"
          value="
        ===================================
        Myapp (production environment)
        Date: %d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss}
        ===================================
          " />
      </layout>
  </appender>
 

Version:

$Id: AlternateSMTPAppender.java 734 2008-03-11 15:56:29Z fgiust $

Author:

Fabrizio Giustina

Field Summary

protected org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator	evaluator
protected java.util.Map<it.openutils.log4j.LoggingEventAggregator,it.openutils.log4j.LoggingEventAggregator>	events
protected javax.mail.Message	msg

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

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

Constructor Summary

AlternateSMTPAppender()
The default constructor will instantiate the appender with a TriggeringEventEvaluator that will trigger on events with level ERROR or higher.

AlternateSMTPAppender(org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator evaluator)
Use evaluator passed as parameter as the TriggeringEventEvaluator for this SMTPAppender.

Method Summary

void	activateOptions() Activate the specified options, such as the smtp host, the recipient, from, etc.
void	append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event) Perform SMTPAppender specific appending actions, mainly adding the event to a cyclic buffer and checking if the event triggers an e-mail to be sent.
protected boolean	checkEntryConditions() This method determines if there is a sense in attempting to append.
void	close()
int	getBufferSize() Returns value of the BufferSize option.
java.lang.String	getEvaluatorClass() Returns value of the EvaluatorClass option.
java.lang.String	getFrom() Returns value of the From option.
boolean	getLocationInfo() Returns value of the LocationInfo option.
java.lang.String	getSMTPHost() Returns value of the SMTPHost option.
java.lang.String	getSubject() Returns value of the Subject option.
int	getTimeout() Returns the timeout.
java.lang.String	getTo() Returns value of the To option.
boolean	requiresLayout() The SMTPAppender requires a layout.
protected void	sendBuffer(java.util.Collection<it.openutils.log4j.LoggingEventAggregator> eventsCollection) Send the contents of the cyclic buffer as an e-mail message.
void	setBufferSize(int bufferSize) Deprecated.
void	setEvaluator(org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator value)
void	setEvaluatorClass(java.lang.String value) The EvaluatorClass option takes a string value representing the name of the class implementing the TriggeringEventEvaluator interface.
void	setFrom(java.lang.String from) The From option takes a string value which should be a e-mail address of the sender.
void	setLocationInfo(boolean locationInfo) The LocationInfo option takes a boolean value.
void	setSMTPHost(java.lang.String smtpHost) The SMTPHost option takes a string value which should be a the host name of the SMTP server that will send the e-mail message.
void	setSubject(java.lang.String subjectPattern) The Subject option takes a string value which should be a the subject of the e-mail message.
void	setTimeout(int timeout) Sets the timeout.
void	setTo(java.lang.String to) The To option takes a string value which should be a comma separated list of e-mail address of the recipients.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

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

Field Detail

events

protected java.util.Map<it.openutils.log4j.LoggingEventAggregator,it.openutils.log4j.LoggingEventAggregator> events

msg

protected javax.mail.Message msg

evaluator

protected org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator evaluator

Constructor Detail

AlternateSMTPAppender

public AlternateSMTPAppender()

The default constructor will instantiate the appender with a TriggeringEventEvaluator that will trigger on events with level ERROR or higher.

AlternateSMTPAppender

public AlternateSMTPAppender(org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator evaluator)

Use evaluator passed as parameter as the TriggeringEventEvaluator for this SMTPAppender.

Method Detail

activateOptions

public void activateOptions()

Activate the specified options, such as the smtp host, the recipient, from, etc.

Specified by:

activateOptions in interface org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler

Overrides:

activateOptions in class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

append

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

Perform SMTPAppender specific appending actions, mainly adding the event to a cyclic buffer and checking if the event triggers an e-mail to be sent.

Specified by:

append in class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

checkEntryConditions

protected boolean checkEntryConditions()

This method determines if there is a sense in attempting to append.

It checks whether there is a set output target and also if there is a set layout. If these checks fail, then the boolean value false is returned.

close

public void close()

Specified by:

close in interface org.apache.log4j.Appender

Specified by:

close in class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

getTo

public java.lang.String getTo()

Returns value of the To option.

requiresLayout

public boolean requiresLayout()

The SMTPAppender requires a layout.

Specified by:

requiresLayout in interface org.apache.log4j.Appender

Specified by:

requiresLayout in class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

sendBuffer

protected void sendBuffer(java.util.Collection<it.openutils.log4j.LoggingEventAggregator> eventsCollection)

Send the contents of the cyclic buffer as an e-mail message.

getEvaluatorClass

public java.lang.String getEvaluatorClass()

Returns value of the EvaluatorClass option.

getFrom

public java.lang.String getFrom()

Returns value of the From option.

getSubject

public java.lang.String getSubject()

Returns value of the Subject option.

setFrom

public void setFrom(java.lang.String from)

The From option takes a string value which should be a e-mail address of the sender.

setSubject

public void setSubject(java.lang.String subjectPattern)

The Subject option takes a string value which should be a the subject of the e-mail message.

setBufferSize

@Deprecated
public void setBufferSize(int bufferSize)

Deprecated.

This option is ignored!

setSMTPHost

public void setSMTPHost(java.lang.String smtpHost)

The SMTPHost option takes a string value which should be a the host name of the SMTP server that will send the e-mail message.

getSMTPHost

public java.lang.String getSMTPHost()

Returns value of the SMTPHost option.

setTo

public void setTo(java.lang.String to)

The To option takes a string value which should be a comma separated list of e-mail address of the recipients.

getBufferSize

public int getBufferSize()

Returns value of the BufferSize option.

setEvaluatorClass

public void setEvaluatorClass(java.lang.String value)

The EvaluatorClass option takes a string value representing the name of the class implementing the TriggeringEventEvaluator interface. A corresponding object will be instantiated and assigned as the triggering event evaluator for the SMTPAppender.

setEvaluator

public void setEvaluator(org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator value)

Parameters:

value -

setLocationInfo

public void setLocationInfo(boolean locationInfo)

The LocationInfo option takes a boolean value. By default, it is set to false which means there will be no effort to extract the location information related to the event. As a result, the layout that formats the events as they are sent out in an e-mail is likely to place the wrong location information (if present in the format).

Location information extraction is comparatively very slow and should be avoided unless performance is not a concern.

getLocationInfo

public boolean getLocationInfo()

Returns value of the LocationInfo option.

getTimeout

public int getTimeout()

Returns the timeout.

Returns:

the timeout

setTimeout

public void setTimeout(int timeout)

Sets the timeout.

Parameters:

timeout - the timeout to set