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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Layout;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Property;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginBuilderAttribute;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Constants;

Appends log events as bytes to a byte output stream. The stream encoding is defined in the layout.
Type parameters:
/** * Appends log events as bytes to a byte output stream. The stream encoding is defined in the layout. * * @param <M> The kind of {@link OutputStreamManager} under management */
public abstract class AbstractOutputStreamAppender<M extends OutputStreamManager> extends AbstractAppender {
Subclasses can extend this abstract Builder.
Type parameters:
  • <B> – The type to build.
/** * Subclasses can extend this abstract Builder. * * @param <B> The type to build. */
public abstract static class Builder<B extends Builder<B>> extends AbstractAppender.Builder<B> { @PluginBuilderAttribute private boolean bufferedIo = true; @PluginBuilderAttribute private int bufferSize = Constants.ENCODER_BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE; @PluginBuilderAttribute private boolean immediateFlush = true; public int getBufferSize() { return bufferSize; } public boolean isBufferedIo() { return bufferedIo; } public boolean isImmediateFlush() { return immediateFlush; } public B withImmediateFlush(final boolean immediateFlush) { this.immediateFlush = immediateFlush; return asBuilder(); } public B withBufferedIo(final boolean bufferedIo) { this.bufferedIo = bufferedIo; return asBuilder(); } public B withBufferSize(final int bufferSize) { this.bufferSize = bufferSize; return asBuilder(); } }
Immediate flush means that the underlying writer or output stream will be flushed at the end of each append operation. Immediate flush is slower but ensures that each append request is actually written. If immediateFlush is set to false, then there is a good chance that the last few logs events are not actually written to persistent media if and when the application crashes.
/** * Immediate flush means that the underlying writer or output stream will be flushed at the end of each append * operation. Immediate flush is slower but ensures that each append request is actually written. If * <code>immediateFlush</code> is set to {@code false}, then there is a good chance that the last few logs events * are not actually written to persistent media if and when the application crashes. */
private final boolean immediateFlush; private final M manager;
Instantiates a WriterAppender and set the output destination to a new OutputStreamWriter initialized with os as its OutputStream.
Params:
  • name – The name of the Appender.
  • layout – The layout to format the message.
  • manager – The OutputStreamManager.
Deprecated:Use AbstractOutputStreamAppender(String, Layout, Filter, boolean, boolean, Property[], OutputStreamManager)
/** * Instantiates a WriterAppender and set the output destination to a new {@link java.io.OutputStreamWriter} * initialized with <code>os</code> as its {@link java.io.OutputStream}. * * @param name The name of the Appender. * @param layout The layout to format the message. * @param manager The OutputStreamManager. * @deprecated Use {@link #AbstractOutputStreamAppender(String, Layout, Filter, boolean, boolean, Property[], OutputStreamManager)} */
@Deprecated protected AbstractOutputStreamAppender(final String name, final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout, final Filter filter, final boolean ignoreExceptions, final boolean immediateFlush, final M manager) { super(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions, Property.EMPTY_ARRAY); this.manager = manager; this.immediateFlush = immediateFlush; }
Instantiates a WriterAppender and set the output destination to a new OutputStreamWriter initialized with os as its OutputStream.
Params:
  • name – The name of the Appender.
  • layout – The layout to format the message.
  • properties – optional properties
  • manager – The OutputStreamManager.
/** * Instantiates a WriterAppender and set the output destination to a new {@link java.io.OutputStreamWriter} * initialized with <code>os</code> as its {@link java.io.OutputStream}. * * @param name The name of the Appender. * @param layout The layout to format the message. * @param properties optional properties * @param manager The OutputStreamManager. */
protected AbstractOutputStreamAppender(final String name, final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout, final Filter filter, final boolean ignoreExceptions, final boolean immediateFlush, final Property[] properties, final M manager) { super(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions, properties); this.manager = manager; this.immediateFlush = immediateFlush; }
Gets the immediate flush setting.
Returns:immediate flush.
/** * Gets the immediate flush setting. * * @return immediate flush. */
public boolean getImmediateFlush() { return immediateFlush; }
Gets the manager.
Returns:the manager.
/** * Gets the manager. * * @return the manager. */
public M getManager() { return manager; } @Override public void start() { if (getLayout() == null) { LOGGER.error("No layout set for the appender named [" + getName() + "]."); } if (manager == null) { LOGGER.error("No OutputStreamManager set for the appender named [" + getName() + "]."); } super.start(); } @Override public boolean stop(final long timeout, final TimeUnit timeUnit) { return stop(timeout, timeUnit, true); } @Override protected boolean stop(final long timeout, final TimeUnit timeUnit, final boolean changeLifeCycleState) { boolean stopped = super.stop(timeout, timeUnit, changeLifeCycleState); stopped &= manager.stop(timeout, timeUnit); if (changeLifeCycleState) { setStopped(); } LOGGER.debug("Appender {} stopped with status {}", getName(), stopped); return stopped; }
Actual writing occurs here.

Most subclasses of AbstractOutputStreamAppender will need to override this method.

Params:
  • event – The LogEvent.
/** * Actual writing occurs here. * <p> * Most subclasses of <code>AbstractOutputStreamAppender</code> will need to override this method. * </p> * * @param event The LogEvent. */
@Override public void append(final LogEvent event) { try { tryAppend(event); } catch (final AppenderLoggingException ex) { error("Unable to write to stream " + manager.getName() + " for appender " + getName(), event, ex); throw ex; } } private void tryAppend(final LogEvent event) { if (Constants.ENABLE_DIRECT_ENCODERS) { directEncodeEvent(event); } else { writeByteArrayToManager(event); } } protected void directEncodeEvent(final LogEvent event) { getLayout().encode(event, manager); if (this.immediateFlush || event.isEndOfBatch()) { manager.flush(); } } protected void writeByteArrayToManager(final LogEvent event) { final byte[] bytes = getLayout().toByteArray(event); if (bytes != null && bytes.length > 0) { manager.write(bytes, this.immediateFlush || event.isEndOfBatch()); } } }