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a nested diagnostic context, or ndc in short, is an instrument to distinguish interleaved log output from different sources. log output is typically interleaved when a server handles multiple clients near-simultaneously.

interleaved log output can still be meaningful if each log entry from different contexts had a distinctive stamp. this is where ndcs come into play.

note that ndcs are managed on a per thread basis. ndc operations such as #push, #pop, #clear and #getDepth affect the ndc of the current thread only. ndcs of other threads remain unaffected.

for example, a servlet can build a per client request ndc consisting the clients host name and other information contained in the the request. cookies are another source of distinctive information. to build an ndc one uses the #push operation. simply put,

  • contexts can be nested.

  • when entering a context, call ndc.push. as a side effect, if there is no nested diagnostic context for the current thread, this method will create it.

  • when leaving a context, call ndc.pop.

  • when exiting a thread make sure to call #remove .

there is no penalty for forgetting to match each push operation with a corresponding pop, except the obvious mismatch between the real application context and the context set in the ndc.

if configured to do so, PatternLayout and TTCCLayout instances automatically retrieve the nested diagnostic context for the current thread without any user intervention. hence, even if a servlet is serving multiple clients simultaneously, the logs emanating from the same code (belonging to the same logger) can still be distinguished because each client request will have a different ndc tag.

heavy duty systems should call the #remove method when leaving the run method of a thread. this ensures that the memory used by the thread can be freed by the java garbage collector. there is a mechanism to lazily remove references to dead threads. in practice, this means that you can be a little sloppy and sometimes forget to call #remove before exiting a thread. */ class LOG4CXX_EXPORT NDC { public: /** * Pair of Message and FullMessage. */ typedef std::pair DiagnosticContext; typedef std::stack Stack; /** Creates a nested diagnostic context. Since java performs no automatic cleanup of objects when a scope is left, in log4j push() and pop() must be used to manage the NDC. For convenience, log4cxx provides an NDC constructor and destructor which simply call the push() and pop() methods, allowing for automatic cleanup when the current scope ends. @param message The new diagnostic context information. @see The #push method. */ NDC(const std::string& message); /** Removes the topmost element from the NDC stack. @see The #pop method. */ ~NDC(); /** Clear any nested diagnostic information if any. This method is useful in cases where the same thread can be potentially used over and over in different unrelated contexts. */ static void clear(); /** Clone the diagnostic context for the current thread.

Internally a diagnostic context is represented as a stack. A given thread can supply the stack (i.e. diagnostic context) to a child thread so that the child can inherit the parent thread's diagnostic context.

The child thread uses the #inherit method to inherit the parent's diagnostic context.

If not passed to #inherit, returned stack should be deleted by caller. @return Stack A clone of the current thread's diagnostic context, will not be null. */ static Stack * cloneStack(); /** Inherit the diagnostic context of another thread.

The parent thread can obtain a reference to its diagnostic context using the #cloneStack method. It should communicate this information to its child so that it may inherit the parent's diagnostic context.

The parent's diagnostic context is cloned before being inherited. In other words, once inherited, the two diagnostic contexts can be managed independently. @param stack The diagnostic context of the parent thread, will be deleted during call. If NULL, NDC will not be modified. */ static void inherit(Stack * stack); /** * Get the current value of the NDC of the * currrent thread. * @param dest destination to which to append content of NDC. * @return true if NDC is set. */ static bool get(LogString& dest); /** Get the current nesting depth of this diagnostic context. */ static int getDepth(); /** * Tests if the NDC is empty. */ static bool empty(); /** Pop top value off stack. @return top value. */ static LogString pop(); /** Pop top value off stack. @param buf to which top value is appended. @return true if NDC contained at least one value. */ static bool pop(std::string& buf); /** Looks at the last diagnostic context at the top of this NDC without removing it.

The returned value is the value that was pushed last. If no context is available, then the empty string "" is returned. @return String The innermost diagnostic context. */ static LogString peek(); /** Get top value without removing value. @param buf to which top value is appended. @return true if NDC contained at least one value. */ static bool peek(std::string& buf); /** Push new diagnostic context information for the current thread.

The contents of the message parameter is determined solely by the client. @param message The new diagnostic context information. */ static void push(const std::string& message); /** Push new diagnostic context information for the current thread.

The contents of the message parameter is determined solely by the client. @param message The new diagnostic context information. */ static void pushLS(const LogString& message); /** Remove the diagnostic context for this thread.

Each thread that created a diagnostic context by calling #push should call this method before exiting. Otherwise, the memory used by the thread cannot be reclaimed by the VM.

As this is such an important problem in heavy duty systems and because it is difficult to always guarantee that the remove method is called before exiting a thread, this method has been augmented to lazily remove references to dead threads. In practice, this means that you can be a little sloppy and occasionally forget to call #remove before exiting a thread. However, you must call remove sometime. If you never call it, then your application is sure to run out of memory. */ static void remove(); #if LOG4CXX_WCHAR_T_API /** Creates a nested diagnostic context. Since java performs no automatic cleanup of objects when a scope is left, in log4j push() and pop() must be used to manage the NDC. For convenience, log4cxx provides an NDC constructor and destructor which simply call the push() and pop() methods, allowing for automatic cleanup when the current scope ends. @param message The new diagnostic context information. @see The #push method. */ NDC(const std::wstring& message); /** Push new diagnostic context information for the current thread.

The contents of the message parameter is determined solely by the client. @param message The new diagnostic context information. */ static void push(const std::wstring& message); /** * Appends the current NDC content to the provided string. * @param dst destination. * @return true if NDC value set. */ static bool peek(std::wstring& dst); /** * Appends the current NDC content to the provided string and removes the value from the NDC. * @param dst destination. * @return true if NDC value set. */ static bool pop(std::wstring& dst); #endif #if LOG4CXX_UNICHAR_API /** Creates a nested diagnostic context. Since java performs no automatic cleanup of objects when a scope is left, in log4j push() and pop() must be used to manage the NDC. For convenience, log4cxx provides an NDC constructor and destructor which simply call the push() and pop() methods, allowing for automatic cleanup when the current scope ends. @param message The new diagnostic context information. @see The #push method. */ NDC(const std::basic_string& message); /** Push new diagnostic context information for the current thread.

The contents of the message parameter is determined solely by the client. @param message The new diagnostic context information. */ static void push(const std::basic_string& message); /** * Appends the current NDC content to the provided string. * @param dst destination. * @return true if NDC value set. */ static bool peek(std::basic_string& dst); /** * Appends the current NDC content to the provided string and removes the value from the NDC. * @param dst destination. * @return true if NDC value set. */ static bool pop(std::basic_string& dst); #endif #if LOG4CXX_CFSTRING_API /** Creates a nested diagnostic context. Since java performs no automatic cleanup of objects when a scope is left, in log4j push() and pop() must be used to manage the NDC. For convenience, log4cxx provides an NDC constructor and destructor which simply call the push() and pop() methods, allowing for automatic cleanup when the current scope ends. @param message The new diagnostic context information. @see The #push method. */ NDC(const CFStringRef& message); /** Push new diagnostic context information for the current thread.

The contents of the message parameter is determined solely by the client. @param message The new diagnostic context information. */ static void push(const CFStringRef& message); /** * Gets the current NDC value. * @param dst destination. * @return true if NDC value set. */ static bool peek(CFStringRef& dst); /** * Gets and removes the current NDC value. * @param dst destination. * @return true if NDC value set. */ static bool pop(CFStringRef& dst); #endif private: NDC(const NDC&); NDC& operator=(const NDC&); static LogString& getMessage(DiagnosticContext& ctx); static LogString& getFullMessage(DiagnosticContext& ctx); }; // class NDC; } // namespace log4cxx #if defined(_MSC_VER) #pragma warning (pop) #endif #endif // _LOG4CXX_NDC_H