Package org.apache.log

Interface LogTarget

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    @Deprecated() 
public interface LogTarget

    LogTarget is a class to encapsulate outputting LogEvent's. This provides the base for all output and filter targets. Warning: If performance becomes a problem then this interface will be rewritten as a abstract class.

    Author:

    Peter Donald

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      abstract void processEvent(LogEvent event) Process a log event.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

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      • processEvent

         abstract void processEvent(LogEvent event)

        Process a log event. In NO case should this method ever throw an exception/error. The reason is that logging is usually added for debugging/auditing purposes and it would be unacceptable to have your debugging code cause more errors.

        Parameters:
        event - the event