Package org.apache.log4j.rule

Class NotEqualsRule

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.rule.AbstractRule

org.apache.log4j.rule.NotEqualsRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Rule

public class NotEqualsRule
extends AbstractRule

A Rule class implementing not equals against two strings.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private java.lang.String	field	Field.
private static LoggingEventFieldResolver	RESOLVER	Resolver.
(package private) static long	serialVersionUID	Serialization ID.
private java.lang.String	value	Value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	NotEqualsRule(java.lang.String field, java.lang.String value)	Create new instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	evaluate(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event, java.util.Map matches)	Returns true if this implementation of the rule accepts the LoggingEvent, or false if not.
static Rule	getRule(java.lang.String field, java.lang.String value)	Get new instance.
static Rule	getRule(java.util.Stack stack)	Get new instance from top two elements of stack.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.rule.AbstractRule

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

Serialization ID.

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Constant Field Values

RESOLVER

private static final LoggingEventFieldResolver RESOLVER

Resolver.

field

private final java.lang.String field

Field.

value

private final java.lang.String value

Value.

Constructor Detail

NotEqualsRule

private NotEqualsRule(java.lang.String field,
                      java.lang.String value)

Create new instance.

Parameters:

field - field

value - value

Method Detail

getRule

public static Rule getRule(java.lang.String field,
                           java.lang.String value)

Get new instance.

Parameters:

field - field

value - value

Returns:

new instance.

getRule

public static Rule getRule(java.util.Stack stack)

Get new instance from top two elements of stack.

Parameters:

stack - stack.

Returns:

new instance.

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event,
                        java.util.Map matches)

Returns true if this implementation of the rule accepts the LoggingEvent, or false if not.

What True/False means can be client-specific.

Parameters:

event - LoggingEvent this instance will evaluate

matches - a Map of event field keys to Sets of matching strings (may be null) which will be updated during execution of this method to include field and string matches based on the rule evaluation results

Returns:

true if this Rule instance accepts the event, otherwise false.