org.jppf.logging.log4j
Class JmxAppender

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
      org.jppf.logging.log4j.JmxAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class JmxAppender
extends org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

An appender that delegates message appending to a JmxLogger.

Author:

Laurent Cohen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

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

Constructor Summary

JmxAppender()
Initialize this appender.

Method Summary

protected void	append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event) Append the specified event to the logger.
void	close() Close this appender.
String	getMbeanName() Get the name of the mbean that sends messages as JMX notifications.
boolean	requiresLayout() Determines whether a layout is required.
void	setMbeanName(String mbeanName) Set the name of the mbean that sends messages as JMX notifications.

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

JmxAppender

public JmxAppender()

Initialize this appender.

Method Detail

append

protected void append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event)

Append the specified event to the logger.

Specified by:

append in class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

Parameters:

event - the event to log.

See Also:

AppenderSkeleton.append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)

close

public void close()

Close this appender. This method does nothing.

See Also:

Appender.close()

requiresLayout

public boolean requiresLayout()

Determines whether a layout is required.

Returns:

true.

See Also:

Appender.requiresLayout()

getMbeanName

public String getMbeanName()

Get the name of the mbean that sends messages as JMX notifications.

Returns:

the mbean name as a string.

setMbeanName

public void setMbeanName(String mbeanName)

Set the name of the mbean that sends messages as JMX notifications.

Parameters:

mbeanName - the mbean name as a string.