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package io.prestosql.hadoop.$internal.org.apache.log4j;
import io.prestosql.hadoop.$internal.org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter;
import io.prestosql.hadoop.$internal.org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler;
import io.prestosql.hadoop.$internal.org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
/**
* Implement this interface for your own strategies for outputting log
* statements.
*
* @author Ceki Gülcü
*/
public interface Appender {
/**
* Add a filter to the end of the filter list.
*
* @since 0.9.0
*/
void addFilter(Filter newFilter);
/**
* Returns the head Filter. The Filters are organized in a linked list
* and so all Filters on this Appender are available through the result.
*
* @return the head Filter or null, if no Filters are present
* @since 1.1
*/
public Filter getFilter();
/**
* Clear the list of filters by removing all the filters in it.
*
* @since 0.9.0
*/
public void clearFilters();
/**
* Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file
* handles, network connections, etc.
*
* It is a programming error to append to a closed appender.
*
* @since 0.8.4
*/
public void close();
/**
* Log in Appender specific way. When appropriate,
* Loggers will call the doAppend method of appender
* implementations in order to log.
*/
public void doAppend(LoggingEvent event);
/**
* Get the name of this appender. The name uniquely identifies the
* appender.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Set the {@link ErrorHandler} for this appender.
*
* @since 0.9.0
*/
public void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler);
/**
* Returns the {@link ErrorHandler} for this appender.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler();
/**
* Set the {@link Layout} for this appender.
*
* @since 0.8.1
*/
public void setLayout(Layout layout);
/**
* Returns this appenders layout.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
public Layout getLayout();
/**
* Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other
* components to identify this appender.
*
* @since 0.8.1
*/
public void setName(String name);
/**
* Configurators call this method to determine if the appender
* requires a layout. If this method returns true,
* meaning that layout is required, then the configurator will
* configure an layout using the configuration information at its
* disposal. If this method returns false, meaning that
* a layout is not required, then layout configuration will be
* skipped even if there is available layout configuration
* information at the disposal of the configurator.
*
* In the rather exceptional case, where the appender
* implementation admits a layout but can also work without it, then
* the appender should return true.
*
* @since 0.8.4
*/
public boolean requiresLayout();
}