Interface StructuredArgument

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeferredStructuredArgument, EmptyLogstashMarker, MapEntriesAppendingMarker, ObjectAppendingMarker, ObjectFieldsAppendingMarker, RawJsonAppendingMarker, SingleFieldAppendingMarker

public interface StructuredArgument

A wrapper for an argument passed to a log method (e.g. Logger.info(String, Object...)) that adds data to the JSON event (via ArgumentsJsonProvider).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	toString()	Writes the data associated with this argument to a String to be included in a log event's formatted message (via parameter substitution).
void	writeTo(JsonGenerator generator)	Writes the data associated with this argument to the given JsonGenerator.

Method Details

writeTo

void writeTo(JsonGenerator generator)

Writes the data associated with this argument to the given JsonGenerator.

Parameters:

generator - the JsonGenerator to produce JSON content

toString

String toString()

Writes the data associated with this argument to a String to be included in a log event's formatted message (via parameter substitution).

Note that this will only be included in the log event's formatted message if the message format includes a parameter for this argument.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation of the data associated with this argument