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package org.apache.log4j;

import org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.OnlyOnceErrorHandler;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog;

/**
 * Abstract superclass of the other appenders in the package.
 * 
 * This class provides the code for common functionality, such as support for
 * threshold filtering and support for general filters.
 *
 * @since 0.8.1
 * @author Ceki Gülcü
 */
public abstract class AppenderSkeleton implements Appender, OptionHandler {

    /**
     * The layout variable does not need to be set if the appender implementation
     * has its own layout.
     */
    protected Layout layout;

    /** Appenders are named. */
    protected String name;

    /**
     * There is no level threshold filtering by default.
     */
    protected Priority threshold;

    /**
     * It is assumed and enforced that errorHandler is never null.
     */
    protected ErrorHandler errorHandler = new OnlyOnceErrorHandler();

    /**
     * The first filter in the filter chain. Set to null initially.
     */
    protected Filter headFilter;
    /** The last filter in the filter chain. */
    protected Filter tailFilter;

    /**
     * Is this appender closed?
     */
    protected boolean closed = false;

    /**
     * Create new instance.
     */
    public AppenderSkeleton() {
	super();
    }

    /**
     * Create new instance. Provided for compatibility with log4j 1.3.
     *
     * @param isActive true if appender is ready for use upon construction. Not used
     *                 in log4j 1.2.x.
     * @since 1.2.15
     */
    protected AppenderSkeleton(final boolean isActive) {
	super();
    }

    /**
     * Derived appenders should override this method if option structure requires
     * it.
     */
    public void activateOptions() {
    }

    /**
     * Add a filter to end of the filter list.
     * 
     * @since 0.9.0
     */
    public void addFilter(Filter newFilter) {
	if (headFilter == null) {
	    headFilter = tailFilter = newFilter;
	} else {
	    tailFilter.setNext(newFilter);
	    tailFilter = newFilter;
	}
    }

    /**
     * Subclasses of AppenderSkeleton should implement this method to
     * perform actual logging. See also {@link #doAppend AppenderSkeleton.doAppend}
     * method.
     * 
     * @since 0.9.0
     */
    abstract protected void append(LoggingEvent event);

    /**
     * Clear the filters chain.
     * 
     * @since 0.9.0
     */
    public void clearFilters() {
	headFilter = tailFilter = null;
    }

    /**
     * Finalize this appender by calling the derived class' close
     * method.
     * 
     * @since 0.8.4
     */
    public void finalize() {
	// An appender might be closed then garbage collected. There is no
	// point in closing twice.
	if (this.closed)
	    return;

	LogLog.debug("Finalizing appender named [" + name + "].");
	close();
    }

    /**
     * Return the currently set {@link ErrorHandler} for this Appender.
     * 
     * @since 0.9.0
     */
    public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler() {
	return this.errorHandler;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the head Filter.
     * 
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public Filter getFilter() {
	return headFilter;
    }

    /**
     * Return the first filter in the filter chain for this Appender. The return
     * value may be null if no is filter is set.
     * 
     */
    public final Filter getFirstFilter() {
	return headFilter;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the layout of this appender. The value may be null.
     */
    public Layout getLayout() {
	return layout;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of this appender.
     * 
     * @return name, may be null.
     */
    public final String getName() {
	return this.name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns this appenders threshold level. See the {@link #setThreshold} method
     * for the meaning of this option.
     * 
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public Priority getThreshold() {
	return threshold;
    }

    /**
     * Check whether the message level is below the appender's threshold. If there
     * is no threshold set, then the return value is always true.
     * 
     */
    public boolean isAsSevereAsThreshold(Priority priority) {
	return ((threshold == null) || priority.isGreaterOrEqual(threshold));
    }

    /**
     * This method performs threshold checks and invokes filters before delegating
     * actual logging to the subclasses specific {@link AppenderSkeleton#append}
     * method.
     */
    public synchronized void doAppend(LoggingEvent event) {
	if (closed) {
	    LogLog.error("Attempted to append to closed appender named [" + name + "].");
	    return;
	}

	if (!isAsSevereAsThreshold(event.getLevel())) {
	    return;
	}

	Filter f = this.headFilter;

	FILTER_LOOP: while (f != null) {
	    switch (f.decide(event)) {
	    case Filter.DENY:
		return;
	    case Filter.ACCEPT:
		break FILTER_LOOP;
	    case Filter.NEUTRAL:
		f = f.getNext();
	    }
	}

	this.append(event);
    }

    /**
     * Set the {@link ErrorHandler} for this Appender.
     * 
     * @since 0.9.0
     */
    public synchronized void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh) {
	if (eh == null) {
	    // We do not throw exception here since the cause is probably a
	    // bad config file.
	    LogLog.warn("You have tried to set a null error-handler.");
	} else {
	    this.errorHandler = eh;
	}
    }

    /**
     * Set the layout for this appender. Note that some appenders have their own
     * (fixed) layouts or do not use one. For example, the
     * {@link org.apache.log4j.net.SocketAppender} ignores the layout set here.
     */
    public void setLayout(Layout layout) {
	this.layout = layout;
    }

    /**
     * Set the name of this Appender.
     */
    public void setName(String name) {
	this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * Set the threshold level. All log events with lower level than the threshold
     * level are ignored by the appender.
     * 
     * 
     * In configuration files this option is specified by setting the value of the
     * Threshold option to a level string, such as "DEBUG", "INFO" and so on.
     * 
     * @since 0.8.3
     */
    public void setThreshold(Priority threshold) {
	this.threshold = threshold;
    }
}