Class LikeRule

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.rule.AbstractRule

org.apache.log4j.rule.LikeRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Rule

public class LikeRule
extends AbstractRule

A Rule class supporting java.util.regex regular expression syntax.

Author:

Scott Deboy (sdeboy@apache.org)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class AbstractRule

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

getRule

public static Rule getRule(Stack stack)

Create new instance from top two elements of stack.

Parameters:

stack - stack

Returns:

new instance

getRule

public static Rule getRule(String field,
 String pattern)

Create new instance.

Parameters:

field - field

pattern - pattern

Returns:

new instance

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event,
 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.