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

import java.io.Writer;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Appender;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Core;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.StringLayout;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Property;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginBuilderFactory;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginFactory;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.CloseShieldWriter;

Appends log events to a Writer.
/** * Appends log events to a {@link Writer}. */
@Plugin(name = "Writer", category = Core.CATEGORY_NAME, elementType = Appender.ELEMENT_TYPE, printObject = true) public final class WriterAppender extends AbstractWriterAppender<WriterManager> {
Builds WriterAppender instances.
/** * Builds WriterAppender instances. */
public static class Builder<B extends Builder<B>> extends AbstractAppender.Builder<B> implements org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Builder<WriterAppender> { private boolean follow = false; private Writer target; @Override public WriterAppender build() { final StringLayout layout = (StringLayout) getLayout(); final StringLayout actualLayout = layout != null ? layout : PatternLayout.createDefaultLayout(); return new WriterAppender(getName(), actualLayout, getFilter(), getManager(target, follow, actualLayout), isIgnoreExceptions(), getPropertyArray()); } public B setFollow(final boolean shouldFollow) { this.follow = shouldFollow; return asBuilder(); } public B setTarget(final Writer aTarget) { this.target = aTarget; return asBuilder(); } }
Holds data to pass to factory method.
/** * Holds data to pass to factory method. */
private static class FactoryData { private final StringLayout layout; private final String name; private final Writer writer;
Builds instances.
Params:
  • writer – The OutputStream.
  • type – The name of the target.
  • layout – A String layout
/** * Builds instances. * * @param writer * The OutputStream. * @param type * The name of the target. * @param layout * A String layout */
public FactoryData(final Writer writer, final String type, final StringLayout layout) { this.writer = writer; this.name = type; this.layout = layout; } } private static class WriterManagerFactory implements ManagerFactory<WriterManager, FactoryData> {
Creates a WriterManager.
Params:
  • name – The name of the entity to manage.
  • data – The data required to create the entity.
Returns:The WriterManager
/** * Creates a WriterManager. * * @param name * The name of the entity to manage. * @param data * The data required to create the entity. * @return The WriterManager */
@Override public WriterManager createManager(final String name, final FactoryData data) { return new WriterManager(data.writer, data.name, data.layout, true); } } private static WriterManagerFactory factory = new WriterManagerFactory();
Creates a WriterAppender.
Params:
  • layout – The layout to use or null to get the default layout.
  • filter – The Filter or null.
  • target – The target Writer
  • follow – If true will follow changes to the underlying output stream. Use false as the default.
  • name – The name of the Appender (required).
  • ignore – If "true" (default) exceptions encountered when appending events are logged; otherwise they are propagated to the caller. Use true as the default.
Returns:The ConsoleAppender.
/** * Creates a WriterAppender. * * @param layout * The layout to use or null to get the default layout. * @param filter * The Filter or null. * @param target * The target Writer * @param follow * If true will follow changes to the underlying output stream. * Use false as the default. * @param name * The name of the Appender (required). * @param ignore * If {@code "true"} (default) exceptions encountered when * appending events are logged; otherwise they are propagated to * the caller. Use true as the default. * @return The ConsoleAppender. */
@PluginFactory public static WriterAppender createAppender(StringLayout layout, final Filter filter, final Writer target, final String name, final boolean follow, final boolean ignore) { if (name == null) { LOGGER.error("No name provided for WriterAppender"); return null; } if (layout == null) { layout = PatternLayout.createDefaultLayout(); } return new WriterAppender(name, layout, filter, getManager(target, follow, layout), ignore, null); } private static WriterManager getManager(final Writer target, final boolean follow, final StringLayout layout) { final Writer writer = new CloseShieldWriter(target); final String managerName = target.getClass().getName() + "@" + Integer.toHexString(target.hashCode()) + '.' + follow; return WriterManager.getManager(managerName, new FactoryData(writer, managerName, layout), factory); } @PluginBuilderFactory public static <B extends Builder<B>> B newBuilder() { return new Builder<B>().asBuilder(); } private WriterAppender(final String name, final StringLayout layout, final Filter filter, final WriterManager manager, final boolean ignoreExceptions, final Property[] properties) { super(name, layout, filter, ignoreExceptions, true, properties, manager); } }