source: pacpusframework/trunk/3rd/apache-log4cxx/include/log4cxx/appender.h@ 184

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#ifndef _LOG4CXX_APPENDER_H
#define _LOG4CXX_APPENDER_H

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning ( push )
#pragma warning ( disable: 4231 4251 4275 4786 )
#endif


#include <log4cxx/spi/optionhandler.h>
#include <log4cxx/helpers/objectptr.h>
#include <log4cxx/helpers/object.h>
#include <vector>


namespace log4cxx
{
    // Forward declarations
    namespace spi
        {
        class LoggingEvent;
        typedef helpers::ObjectPtrT<LoggingEvent> LoggingEventPtr;

        class Filter;
        typedef helpers::ObjectPtrT<Filter> FilterPtr;

        class ErrorHandler;
                typedef log4cxx::helpers::ObjectPtrT<ErrorHandler> ErrorHandlerPtr;
    }

    class Layout;
    typedef log4cxx::helpers::ObjectPtrT<Layout> LayoutPtr;


        /**
        Implement this interface for your own strategies for outputting log
        statements.
        */
    class LOG4CXX_EXPORT Appender :
                public virtual spi::OptionHandler
    {
    public:
        DECLARE_ABSTRACT_LOG4CXX_OBJECT(Appender)

        virtual ~Appender() {}

        /**
         Add a filter to the end of the filter list.
        */
        virtual void addFilter(const spi::FilterPtr& newFilter) = 0;

        /**
         Returns the head Filter. The Filters are organized in a linked list
         and so all Filters on this Appender are available through the result.

         @return the head Filter or null, if no Filters are present
         */
        virtual spi::FilterPtr getFilter() const = 0;

        /**
         Clear the list of filters by removing all the filters in it.
        */
        virtual void clearFilters() = 0;

        /**
         Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file
         handles, network connections, etc.
         <p>It is a programming error to append to a closed appender.
        */
        virtual void close() = 0;

        /**
         Log in <code>Appender</code> specific way. When appropriate,
         Loggers will call the <code>doAppend</code> method of appender
         implementations in order to log.
        */
        virtual void doAppend(const spi::LoggingEventPtr& event,
              log4cxx::helpers::Pool& pool) = 0;


        /**
         Get the name of this appender. The name uniquely identifies the
         appender.
        */
        virtual LogString getName() const = 0;


       /**
        Set the Layout for this appender.
       */
       virtual void setLayout(const LayoutPtr& layout) = 0;

       /**
        Returns this appenders layout.
       */
       virtual LayoutPtr getLayout() const = 0;


       /**
        Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other
        components to identify this appender.
       */
       virtual void setName(const LogString& name) = 0;

       /**
        Configurators call this method to determine if the appender
        requires a layout. If this method returns <code>true</code>,
        meaning that layout is required, then the configurator will
        configure an layout using the configuration information at its
        disposal.  If this method returns <code>false</code>, meaning that
        a layout is not required, then layout configuration will be
        skipped even if there is available layout configuration
        information at the disposal of the configurator..

        <p>In the rather exceptional case, where the appender
        implementation admits a layout but can also work without it, then
        the appender should return <code>true</code>.
       */
       virtual bool requiresLayout() const = 0;
   };

    LOG4CXX_PTR_DEF(Appender);
    LOG4CXX_LIST_DEF(AppenderList, AppenderPtr);

}

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning ( pop )
#endif

#endif //_LOG4CXX_APPENDER_H