src/test/java/org/apache/sling/discovery/base/its/setup/WithholdingAppender.java

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package org.apache.sling.discovery.base.its.setup;

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.net.URL;

import org.apache.log4j.Layout;
import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout;
import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;
import org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender;

public class WithholdingAppender extends WriterAppender {

    private final ByteArrayOutputStream baos;
    private final Writer writer;

    /**
     * Install the WithholdingAppender, essentially muting all logging 
     * and withholding it until release() is called
     * @return the WithholdingAppender that can be used to get the 
     * withheld log output
     */
    public static WithholdingAppender install() {
        LogManager.getRootLogger().removeAllAppenders();
        final WithholdingAppender withholdingAppender = new WithholdingAppender(
                new PatternLayout("%d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS} *%-5p* [%t] %c{1}: %m\n"));
        LogManager.getRootLogger().addAppender(withholdingAppender);
        return withholdingAppender;
    }
    
    /**
     * Release this WithholdingAppender and optionally dump what was
     * withheld (eg in case of an exception)
     * @param dumpToSysout
     */
    public void release(boolean dumpToSysout) {
        LogManager.resetConfiguration();
        URL log4jPropertiesFile = getClass().getResource("/log4j.properties");
        PropertyConfigurator.configure(log4jPropertiesFile);
        if (dumpToSysout) {
            String withheldLogoutput = getBuffer();
            System.out.println(withheldLogoutput);
        }
    }
    
    public WithholdingAppender(Layout layout) {
        this.layout = layout;
        this.baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        this.writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(baos));
        this.setWriter(writer);
    }
    
    public String getBuffer() {
        try{
            writer.flush();
        } catch(IOException e) {
            // ignore
        }
        return baos.toString();
    }
}