org.apache.avalon.excalibur.logger.factory
Class SocketTargetFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled
      org.apache.avalon.excalibur.logger.factory.AbstractTargetFactory
          org.apache.avalon.excalibur.logger.factory.SocketTargetFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, Contextualizable, LogEnabled, LogTargetFactory

public class SocketTargetFactory

extends AbstractTargetFactory

This factory creates LogTargets with a wrapped SocketOutputTarget around it.

Configuration syntax:

 <socket-target id="target-id">
   <address hostname="hostname" port="4455" />
 </socket-target>
 

This factory creates a SocketOutputTarget object which will TCP/IP socket to communicate with the server. The name of the target is specified by the hostname attribute of the <address> element and the port by the port attribute. In the config file above the formatting for the log messages is not embedded as it should be specified on the server side

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.avalon.excalibur.logger.factory.AbstractTargetFactory

m_configuration, m_context

Constructor Summary

SocketTargetFactory()

Method Summary

LogTarget

createTarget(Configuration conf) Creates a log target based on Configuration

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.excalibur.logger.factory.AbstractTargetFactory

configure, contextualize

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled

enableLogging, getLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SocketTargetFactory

public SocketTargetFactory()

Method Detail

createTarget

public LogTarget createTarget(Configuration conf)
                       throws ConfigurationException

Creates a log target based on Configuration

Parameters:

conf - Configuration requied for creating the log target

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if something goes wrong while reading from configuration