com.logentries.log4j

Class LogentriesAppender

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

com.logentries.log4j.LogentriesAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class LogentriesAppender
extends org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

Logentries appender for log4j.

Author:

Mark Lacomber

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LogentriesAppender()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event) Implements AppenderSkeleton Append method, handles time and format
void	close() Closes all connections to Logentries
boolean	requiresLayout()
void	setDebug(boolean debug) Sets the debug flag.
void	setHttpPut(boolean HttpPut) Sets the HTTP PUT boolean flag.
void	setKey(java.lang.String account_key) Sets the ACCOUNT KEY value for HTTP PUT
void	setLocation(java.lang.String log_location) Sets the LOCATION value for HTTP PUT
void	setSsl(boolean ssl) Sets the SSL boolean flag
void	setToken(java.lang.String token) Sets the token

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

activateOptions, 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

Constructor Detail

LogentriesAppender

public LogentriesAppender()

Method Detail

setToken

public void setToken(java.lang.String token)

Sets the token

Parameters:

token -

setHttpPut

public void setHttpPut(boolean HttpPut)

Sets the HTTP PUT boolean flag. Send logs via HTTP PUT instead of default Token TCP

Parameters:

httpput - HttpPut flag to set

setKey

public void setKey(java.lang.String account_key)

Sets the ACCOUNT KEY value for HTTP PUT

Parameters:

account_key -

setLocation

public void setLocation(java.lang.String log_location)

Sets the LOCATION value for HTTP PUT

Parameters:

log_location -

setSsl

public void setSsl(boolean ssl)

Sets the SSL boolean flag

Parameters:

ssl -

setDebug

public void setDebug(boolean debug)

Sets the debug flag. Appender in debug mode will print error messages on error console.

Parameters:

debug - debug flag to set

append

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

Implements AppenderSkeleton Append method, handles time and format

Specified by:

append in class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

close

public void close()

Closes all connections to Logentries

requiresLayout

public boolean requiresLayout()