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| <a name="1" href="#1">1</a> <em class="jxr_comment">/*</em> |
| <a name="2" href="#2">2</a> <em class="jxr_comment"> * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more</em> |
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| <a name="10" href="#10">10</a> <em class="jxr_comment"> * </em> |
| <a name="11" href="#11">11</a> <em class="jxr_comment"> * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software</em> |
| <a name="12" href="#12">12</a> <em class="jxr_comment"> * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,</em> |
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| <a name="14" href="#14">14</a> <em class="jxr_comment"> * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and</em> |
| <a name="15" href="#15">15</a> <em class="jxr_comment"> * limitations under the License.</em> |
| <a name="16" href="#16">16</a> <em class="jxr_comment"> */</em> |
| <a name="17" href="#17">17</a> |
| <a name="18" href="#18">18</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">package</strong> org.apache.log4j.spi; |
| <a name="19" href="#19">19</a> |
| <a name="20" href="#20">20</a> |
| <a name="21" href="#21">21</a> |
| <a name="22" href="#22">22</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="23" href="#23">23</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> Users should extend this class to implement customized logging</em> |
| <a name="24" href="#24">24</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> event filtering. Note that {@link org.apache.log4j.Category} and {@link</em> |
| <a name="25" href="#25">25</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton}, the parent class of all standard</em> |
| <a name="26" href="#26">26</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> appenders, have built-in filtering rules. It is suggested that you</em> |
| <a name="27" href="#27">27</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> first use and understand the built-in rules before rushing to write</em> |
| <a name="28" href="#28">28</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> your own custom filters.</em> |
| <a name="29" href="#29">29</a> |
| <a name="30" href="#30">30</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>This abstract class assumes and also imposes that filters be</em> |
| <a name="31" href="#31">31</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> organized in a linear chain. The {@link #decide</em> |
| <a name="32" href="#32">32</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> decide(LoggingEvent)} method of each filter is called sequentially,</em> |
| <a name="33" href="#33">33</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> in the order of their addition to the chain.</em> |
| <a name="34" href="#34">34</a> |
| <a name="35" href="#35">35</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>The {@link #decide decide(LoggingEvent)} method must return one</em> |
| <a name="36" href="#36">36</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> of the integer constants {@link #DENY}, {@link #NEUTRAL} or {@link</em> |
| <a name="37" href="#37">37</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> #ACCEPT}.</em> |
| <a name="38" href="#38">38</a> |
| <a name="39" href="#39">39</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>If the value {@link #DENY} is returned, then the log event is</em> |
| <a name="40" href="#40">40</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> dropped immediately without consulting with the remaining</em> |
| <a name="41" href="#41">41</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> filters. </em> |
| <a name="42" href="#42">42</a> |
| <a name="43" href="#43">43</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>If the value {@link #NEUTRAL} is returned, then the next filter</em> |
| <a name="44" href="#44">44</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> in the chain is consulted. If there are no more filters in the</em> |
| <a name="45" href="#45">45</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> chain, then the log event is logged. Thus, in the presence of no</em> |
| <a name="46" href="#46">46</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> filters, the default behaviour is to log all logging events.</em> |
| <a name="47" href="#47">47</a> |
| <a name="48" href="#48">48</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>If the value {@link #ACCEPT} is returned, then the log</em> |
| <a name="49" href="#49">49</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> event is logged without consulting the remaining filters. </em> |
| <a name="50" href="#50">50</a> |
| <a name="51" href="#51">51</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>The philosophy of log4j filters is largely inspired from the</em> |
| <a name="52" href="#52">52</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> Linux ipchains. </em> |
| <a name="53" href="#53">53</a> |
| <a name="54" href="#54">54</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>Note that filtering is only supported by the {@link</em> |
| <a name="55" href="#55">55</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator DOMConfigurator}. The {@link</em> |
| <a name="56" href="#56">56</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator PropertyConfigurator} does not</em> |
| <a name="57" href="#57">57</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> support filters.</em> |
| <a name="58" href="#58">58</a> |
| <a name="59" href="#59">59</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;</em> |
| <a name="60" href="#60">60</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> @since 0.9.0 */</em> |
| <a name="61" href="#61">61</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">abstract</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">class</strong> <a href="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html">Filter</a> implements <a href="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/OptionHandler.html">OptionHandler</a> { |
| <a name="62" href="#62">62</a> |
| <a name="63" href="#63">63</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="64" href="#64">64</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> Points to the next filter in the filter chain.</em> |
| <a name="65" href="#65">65</a> |
| <a name="66" href="#66">66</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> @deprecated As of 1.2.12, use {@link #getNext} and {@link #setNext} instead</em> |
| <a name="67" href="#67">67</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em> |
| <a name="68" href="#68">68</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <a href="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html">Filter</a> next; |
| <a name="69" href="#69">69</a> |
| <a name="70" href="#70">70</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="71" href="#71">71</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> The log event must be dropped immediately without consulting</em> |
| <a name="72" href="#72">72</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> with the remaining filters, if any, in the chain. */</em> |
| <a name="73" href="#73">73</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">static</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">final</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">int</strong> DENY = -1; |
| <a name="74" href="#74">74</a> |
| <a name="75" href="#75">75</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="76" href="#76">76</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> This filter is neutral with respect to the log event. The</em> |
| <a name="77" href="#77">77</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> remaining filters, if any, should be consulted for a final decision.</em> |
| <a name="78" href="#78">78</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em> |
| <a name="79" href="#79">79</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">static</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">final</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">int</strong> NEUTRAL = 0; |
| <a name="80" href="#80">80</a> |
| <a name="81" href="#81">81</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="82" href="#82">82</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> The log event must be logged immediately without consulting with</em> |
| <a name="83" href="#83">83</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> the remaining filters, if any, in the chain. */</em> |
| <a name="84" href="#84">84</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">static</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">final</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">int</strong> ACCEPT = 1; |
| <a name="85" href="#85">85</a> |
| <a name="86" href="#86">86</a> |
| <a name="87" href="#87">87</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="88" href="#88">88</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> Usually filters options become active when set. We provide a</em> |
| <a name="89" href="#89">89</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> default do-nothing implementation for convenience.</em> |
| <a name="90" href="#90">90</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em> |
| <a name="91" href="#91">91</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> |
| <a name="92" href="#92">92</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">void</strong> activateOptions() { |
| <a name="93" href="#93">93</a> } |
| <a name="94" href="#94">94</a> |
| <a name="95" href="#95">95</a> |
| <a name="96" href="#96">96</a> |
| <a name="97" href="#97">97</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em><em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> </em> |
| <a name="98" href="#98">98</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> <p>If the decision is <code>DENY</code>, then the event will be</em> |
| <a name="99" href="#99">99</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> dropped. If the decision is <code>NEUTRAL</code>, then the next</em> |
| <a name="100" href="#100">100</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> filter, if any, will be invoked. If the decision is ACCEPT then</em> |
| <a name="101" href="#101">101</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> the event will be logged without consulting with other filters in</em> |
| <a name="102" href="#102">102</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> the chain.</em> |
| <a name="103" href="#103">103</a> |
| <a name="104" href="#104">104</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> @param event The LoggingEvent to decide upon.</em> |
| <a name="105" href="#105">105</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> @return decision The decision of the filter. */</em> |
| <a name="106" href="#106">106</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">abstract</strong> |
| <a name="107" href="#107">107</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> |
| <a name="108" href="#108">108</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">int</strong> decide(<a href="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html">LoggingEvent</a> event); |
| <a name="109" href="#109">109</a> |
| <a name="110" href="#110">110</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="111" href="#111">111</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Set the next filter pointer.</em> |
| <a name="112" href="#112">112</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em> |
| <a name="113" href="#113">113</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">void</strong> setNext(<a href="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html">Filter</a> next) { |
| <a name="114" href="#114">114</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">this</strong>.next = next; |
| <a name="115" href="#115">115</a> } |
| <a name="116" href="#116">116</a> |
| <a name="117" href="#117">117</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em> |
| <a name="118" href="#118">118</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Return the pointer to the next filter;</em> |
| <a name="119" href="#119">119</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em> |
| <a name="120" href="#120">120</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <a href="../../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html">Filter</a> getNext() { |
| <a name="121" href="#121">121</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">return</strong> next; |
| <a name="122" href="#122">122</a> } |
| <a name="123" href="#123">123</a> |
| <a name="124" href="#124">124</a> } |
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