Decoder (Apache Chainsaw 2.1.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

UtilLoggingXMLDecoder, XMLDecoder
```
public interface Decoder
```
Allow LoggingEvents to be reconstructed from a different format (usually XML).

Author:

Scott Deboy (sdeboy@apache.org)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent`	`decode(String event)`	Decode event from string.
`Vector<org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent>`	`decode(URL url)`	Decode event from document retreived from URL.
`Vector<org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent>`	`decodeEvents(String document)`	Decode events from document.
`void`	`setAdditionalProperties(Map additionalProperties)`	Sets additional properties.

- Method Detail
  - decodeEvents
```
Vector<org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent> decodeEvents(String document)
```
    Decode events from document.
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - document to decode.
    
    Returns:
    
    list of LoggingEvent instances.
  - decode
```
org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent decode(String event)
```
    Decode event from string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    event - string representation of event
    
    Returns:
    
    event
  - decode
```
Vector<org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent> decode(URL url)
                                          throws IOException
```
    Decode event from document retreived from URL.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - url of document
    
    Returns:
    
    list of LoggingEvent instances.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if IO error resolving document.
  - setAdditionalProperties
```
void setAdditionalProperties(Map additionalProperties)
```
    Sets additional properties.
    
    Parameters:
    
    additionalProperties - map of additional properties.