Package org.apache.log

Interface LogTarget

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractJDBCTarget, AbstractJMSTarget, AbstractOutputTarget, AbstractTarget, AbstractWrappingTarget, AsyncLogTarget, DatagramOutputTarget, DefaultJDBCTarget, FileTarget, JMSQueueTarget, JMSTopicTarget, MemoryTarget, NormalizedJDBCTarget, NullOutputLogTarget, PriorityFilteringTarget, RotatingFileTarget, SafeFileTarget, ServletOutputLogTarget, SMTPOutputLogTarget, SocketOutputTarget, StreamTarget, WriterTarget
public interface LogTarget
LogTarget is a class to encapsulate outputting LogEvent's. This provides the base for all output and filter targets. Warning: If performance becomes a problem then this interface will be rewritten as a abstract class.
Author:
Peter Donald

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    processEvent(LogEvent event)
    Process a log event.

  • Method Details

    • processEvent

      void processEvent(LogEvent event)
      Process a log event. In NO case should this method ever throw an exception/error. The reason is that logging is usually added for debugging/auditing purposes and it would be unnaceptable to have your debugging code cause more errors.
      Parameters:
      event - the event