org.apache.log4j

Class ConsoleAppender

java.lang.Object

org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

Appender, OptionHandler

public class ConsoleAppender
extends AppenderSkeleton

Console-appender.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

AppenderSkeleton.NoOpErrorHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

closed, errorHandler, headFilter, layout, name, tailFilter, threshold

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConsoleAppender()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	append(LoggingEvent theEvent)
void	close() Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc.
boolean	requiresLayout() Configurators call this method to determine if the appender requires a layout.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

activateOptions, addFilter, clearFilters, doAppend, finalize, getErrorHandler, getFilter, getFirstFilter, getLayout, getName, getThreshold, isAsSevereAsThreshold, setErrorHandler, setLayout, setName, setThreshold

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConsoleAppender

public ConsoleAppender()

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc.

It is a programming error to append to a closed appender.

requiresLayout

public boolean requiresLayout()

Configurators call this method to determine if the appender requires a layout. If this method returns true, meaning that layout is required, then the configurator will configure an layout using the configuration information at its disposal. If this method returns false, 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..

In the rather exceptional case, where the appender implementation admits a layout but can also work without it, then the appender should return true.

Returns:

true if a Layout is required.

append

protected void append(LoggingEvent theEvent)

Specified by:

append in class AppenderSkeleton