RemoteSyslogAppender sends LoggingEvents to a remote syslog system. More...

Inheritance diagram for RemoteSyslogAppender:

Public Member Functions
virtual void	close ()
	Closes the socket.
	RemoteSyslogAppender (const std::string &name, const std::string &syslogName, const std::string &relayer, int facility=LOG_USER, int portNumber=514)
	Instantiate a RemoteSyslogAppender with given name and name and facility for syslog.
virtual bool	reopen ()
	Closes and reopens the socket.
virtual	~RemoteSyslogAppender ()
Static Public Member Functions
static int	toSyslogPriority (Priority::Value priority)
	Translates a log4cpp priority to a syslog priority.
Protected Member Functions
virtual void	_append (const LoggingEvent &event)
	Sends a LoggingEvent to the remote syslog.
virtual void	open ()
	Just creates the socket.
Protected Attributes
int	_facility
in_addr_t	_ipAddr
int	_portNumber
const std::string	_relayer
int	_socket
const std::string	_syslogName
Private Attributes
int	_cludge

Detailed Description

RemoteSyslogAppender sends LoggingEvents to a remote syslog system.

Also see: draft-ietf-syslog-syslog-12.txt

Definition at line 72 of file RemoteSyslogAppender.hh.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RemoteSyslogAppender::RemoteSyslogAppender	(	const std::string &	name,
		const std::string &	syslogName,
		const std::string &	relayer,
		int	facility = `LOG_USER`,
		int	portNumber = `514`
	)

Instantiate a RemoteSyslogAppender with given name and name and facility for syslog.

Parameters:

name	The name of the Appender
syslogName	The ident parameter in the openlog(3) call.
relayer	The IP address or hostname of a standard syslog host.
facility	The syslog facility to log to. Defaults to LOG_USER. Value '-1' implies to use the default.
portNumber	An alternative port number. Defaults to the standard syslog port number (514). Value '-1' implies to use the default.