com.kdgregory.log4j.aws.internal.shared

Interface ThreadFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultThreadFactory

public interface ThreadFactory

Creates and starts a new thread for running the LogWriter.

Appenders are constructed with an instance of DefaultThreadFactory (or perhaps an appender-specific factory), and lazily call this factory on first append. The thread is not returned by the factory; it should exit normally when the appender calls LogWriter.stop().

To handle unexpected thread death, the appender must provide an uncaught exception handler. A typical handler will log the event using Log4J's internal logger, and then create a new writer.

In the test helpers, you will find MockThreadFactory, which does not actually start a thread.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	startLoggingThread(LogWriter writer, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler exceptionHandler)

Method Detail

startLoggingThread

void startLoggingThread(LogWriter writer,
                        Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler exceptionHandler)