org.apache.log.filter

Class AbstractFilterTarget

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log.filter.AbstractFilterTarget

All Implemented Interfaces:

FilterTarget, LogTarget

Direct Known Subclasses:

PriorityFilter

public abstract class AbstractFilterTarget
extends java.lang.Object
implements FilterTarget, LogTarget

Abstract implementation of FilterTarget. A concrete implementation has to implement filter method.

Author:

Avalon Development Team, Peter Donald

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractFilterTarget()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addTarget(LogTarget target) Add a new target to output chain.
protected abstract boolean	filter(LogEvent event) Filter the log event.
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

Constructor Detail

AbstractFilterTarget

public AbstractFilterTarget()

Method Detail

addTarget

public void addTarget(LogTarget target)

Add a new target to output chain.

Specified by:

addTarget in interface FilterTarget

Parameters:

target - the target

filter

protected abstract boolean filter(LogEvent event)

Filter the log event.

Parameters:

event - the event

Returns:

return true to discard event, false otherwise

processEvent

public void processEvent(LogEvent event)

Process a log event

Specified by:

processEvent in interface LogTarget

Parameters:

event - the log event