src/java/org/apache/log4j/pattern/NDCPatternConverter.java

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package org.apache.log4j.pattern;

import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;

/**
 * Return the event's NDC in a StringBuffer.
 * 
 * @author Ceki Gülcü
 */
public class NDCPatternConverter extends PatternConverter {
  // We assume that each PatternConveter instance is unique within a layout, 
  // which is unique within an appender. We further assume that callas to the 
  // appender method are serialized (per appender).
  StringBuffer buf;

  public NDCPatternConverter() {
    super();
    this.buf = new StringBuffer(32);
  }

  public StringBuffer convert(LoggingEvent event) {
    buf.setLength(0);
    buf.append(event.getNDC());

    return buf;
  }
  
  public String getName() {
      return "NDC";
  }
  
  public String getStyleClass(LoggingEvent e) {
    return "ndc";
  }
  
}