Package org.apache.log.output.net

Class SocketOutputTarget

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log.output.AbstractTarget

org.apache.log.output.AbstractOutputTarget

org.apache.log.output.net.SocketOutputTarget

All Implemented Interfaces:

ErrorAware, LogTarget, Closeable

public class SocketOutputTarget
extends AbstractOutputTarget

SocketOutputTarget Useful for writing the output to a TCP/IP client socket.

Author:

Rajendra Ghorpade

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private java.io.ObjectOutputStream	m_outputStream	Output strem to write the log
private java.net.Socket	m_socket	Socket to communicate with the server

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SocketOutputTarget(java.lang.String host, int port)	Creates the output target with the end point specified by host and port
SocketOutputTarget(java.net.InetAddress address, int port)	Creates output target with the end point specified by the address and port

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Shutdown target.
protected void	doProcessEvent(LogEvent event)	To process the LogEvent
protected void	write(LogEvent event)	Writes the output as a LogEvent without formatting.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log.output.AbstractOutputTarget

getFormatter, open, write

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log.output.AbstractTarget

getErrorHandler, isOpen, processEvent, setErrorHandler

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

m_socket

private java.net.Socket m_socket

Socket to communicate with the server

m_outputStream

private java.io.ObjectOutputStream m_outputStream

Output strem to write the log

Constructor Detail

SocketOutputTarget

public SocketOutputTarget(java.net.InetAddress address,
                          int port)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Creates output target with the end point specified by the address and port

Parameters:

address - end point address

port - the end point port

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error ocurrs when creating socket

SocketOutputTarget

public SocketOutputTarget(java.lang.String host,
                          int port)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Creates the output target with the end point specified by host and port

Parameters:

host - end point host

port - the end point port

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error ocurrs when creating socket

Method Detail

write

protected void write(LogEvent event)

Writes the output as a LogEvent without formatting. Formatting ia applied on the server side where it is log.

Parameters:

event - the LogEvent

doProcessEvent

protected void doProcessEvent(LogEvent event)

To process the LogEvent

Overrides:

doProcessEvent in class AbstractOutputTarget

Parameters:

event - the LogEvent

close

public void close()

Shutdown target. Attempting to write to target after close() will cause errors to be logged.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Overrides:

close in class AbstractOutputTarget