Public Types | Public Member Functions | Protected Member Functions | Private Attributes
log4cpp::Filter Class Reference

#include <Filter.hh>

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Public Types

enum  Decision { DENY = -1, NEUTRAL = 0, ACCEPT = 1 }

Public Member Functions

virtual void appendChainedFilter (Filter *filter)
virtual Decision decide (const LoggingEvent &event)
 Filter ()
virtual FiltergetChainedFilter ()
virtual FiltergetEndOfChain ()
virtual void setChainedFilter (Filter *filter)
virtual ~Filter ()

Protected Member Functions

virtual Decision _decide (const LoggingEvent &event)=0

Private Attributes

Filter_chainedFilter

Detailed Description

Users should extend this class to implement customized logging event filtering. Note that log4cpp::Category and lof4cpp::Appender have built-in filtering rules. It is suggested that you first use and understand the built-in rules before rushing to write your own custom filters.

This abstract class assumes and also imposes that filters be organized in a linear chain. The decide(LoggingEvent) method of each filter is called sequentially, in the order of their addition to the chain.

The decide(LoggingEvent) method must return a Decision value, either DENY, NEUTRAL or ACCCEPT.

If the value DENY is returned, then the log event is dropped immediately without consulting with the remaining filters.

If the value NEUTRAL is returned, then the next filter in the chain is consulted. If there are no more filters in the chain, then the log event is logged. Thus, in the presence of no filters, the default behaviour is to log all logging events.

If the value ACCEPT is returned, then the log event is logged without consulting the remaining filters.

The philosophy of log4cpp filters is largely inspired from the Linux ipchains.

Definition at line 49 of file Filter.hh.


Member Enumeration Documentation

Enumerator:
DENY 
NEUTRAL 
ACCEPT 

Definition at line 52 of file Filter.hh.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Default Constructor for Filter

Definition at line 15 of file Filter.cpp.

log4cpp::Filter::~Filter ( ) [virtual]

Destructor for Filter

Definition at line 19 of file Filter.cpp.


Member Function Documentation

virtual Decision log4cpp::Filter::_decide ( const LoggingEvent event) [protected, pure virtual]

Decide whether this Filter accepts or denies the given LoggingEvent. Actual implementation of Filter should override this method and not decide(LoggingEvent&).

Parameters:
eventThe LoggingEvent to decide on.
Returns:
The Decision

Implemented in TestFilter2, and TestFilter.

void log4cpp::Filter::appendChainedFilter ( Filter filter) [virtual]

Add a Filter to the end of the Filter chain. Convience method for getEndOfChain()->setChainedFilter(filter).

Parameters:
filterThe filter to add to the end of the chain.

Definition at line 45 of file Filter.cpp.

Decide whether to accept or deny a LoggingEvent. This method will walk the entire chain until a non neutral decision has been made or the end of the chain has been reached.

Parameters:
eventThe LoggingEvent to decide on.
Returns:
The Decision

Definition at line 50 of file Filter.cpp.

Get the next Filter in the Filter chain

Returns:
The next Filter or NULL if the current filter is the last in the chain

Definition at line 33 of file Filter.cpp.

Get the last Filter in the Filter chain

Returns:
The last Filter in the Filter chain

Definition at line 37 of file Filter.cpp.

void log4cpp::Filter::setChainedFilter ( Filter filter) [virtual]

Set the next Filter in the Filter chain

Parameters:
filterThe filter to chain

Definition at line 24 of file Filter.cpp.


Member Data Documentation

Definition at line 113 of file Filter.hh.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:


log4cpp
Author(s): Stephen Roderick
autogenerated on Mon Oct 6 2014 03:13:15