org.carrot2.log4j
Class BufferingAppender

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
      org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender
          org.carrot2.log4j.BufferingAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.log4j.Appender, org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler

public class BufferingAppender
extends org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender

Buffering appender used for assertions on log streams.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender

encoding, immediateFlush, qw

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

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

Constructor Summary

BufferingAppender()

Method Summary

static BufferingAppender	attach(String loggerName)
static BufferingAppender	attachToRootLogger() Creates a new buffering appender and attaches it to the root logger.
void	clear() Clear the log buffer.
static void	detach(String loggerName, BufferingAppender appender)
static void	detachFromRootLogger(BufferingAppender appender) Detaches the provided appender from the root logger.
String	getBuffer()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender

activateOptions, append, checkEntryConditions, close, closeWriter, createWriter, getEncoding, getImmediateFlush, requiresLayout, reset, setEncoding, setErrorHandler, setImmediateFlush, setWriter, shouldFlush, subAppend, writeFooter, writeHeader

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BufferingAppender

public BufferingAppender()

Method Detail

attach

public static BufferingAppender attach(String loggerName)

Parameters:

loggerName - Attach to the logger with the given name. null indicates root logger.

attachToRootLogger

public static BufferingAppender attachToRootLogger()

Creates a new buffering appender and attaches it to the root logger.

detach

public static void detach(String loggerName,
                          BufferingAppender appender)

Parameters:

loggerName - Detach from the logger with the given name. null indicates root logger.

detachFromRootLogger

public static void detachFromRootLogger(BufferingAppender appender)

Detaches the provided appender from the root logger.

clear

public void clear()

Clear the log buffer.

getBuffer

public String getBuffer()