Use SyslogAppender to send log messages to a remote syslog daemon. More...

#include <syslogappender.h>

Inheritance diagram for log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender:

Public Member Functions
	SyslogAppender ()

	SyslogAppender (const LayoutPtr &layout, int syslogFacility)

	SyslogAppender (const LayoutPtr &layout, const LogString &syslogHost, int syslogFacility)

	~SyslogAppender ()

void	close () override
	Release any resources held by this SyslogAppender.

void	append (const spi::LoggingEventPtr &event, helpers::Pool &p) override
	Subclasses of `AppenderSkeleton` should implement this method to perform actual logging.

void	activateOptions (helpers::Pool &p) override
	Activate the options that were previously set with calls to option setters.

void	setOption (const LogString &option, const LogString &value) override
	Set `option` to `value`.

bool	requiresLayout () const override
	The SyslogAppender requires a layout.

void	setSyslogHost (const LogString &syslogHost)
	The SyslogHost option is the name of the the syslog host where log output should go.

const LogString &	getSyslogHost () const
	Returns the value of the SyslogHost option.

void	setFacility (const LogString &facilityName)
	Set the syslog facility.

LogString	getFacility () const
	Returns the value of the Facility option.

void	setFacilityPrinting (bool facilityPrinting1)
	If the FacilityPrinting option is set to true, the printed message will include the facility name of the application.

bool	getFacilityPrinting () const
	Returns the value of the FacilityPrinting option.

void	setMaxMessageLength (int maxMessageLength1)

int	getMaxMessageLength () const

Public Member Functions inherited from log4cxx::AppenderSkeleton
	AppenderSkeleton ()

	AppenderSkeleton (const LayoutPtr &layout)

virtual	~AppenderSkeleton ()

void	finalize ()
	Finalize this appender by calling the derived class' `close` method.

void	activateOptions (helpers::Pool &) override
	Activate the options that were previously set with calls to option setters.

void	setOption (const LogString &option, const LogString &value) override
	Set `option` to `value`.

void	addFilter (const spi::FilterPtr newFilter) override
	Add a filter to end of the filter list.

void	clearFilters () override
	Clear the filters chain.

const spi::ErrorHandlerPtr	getErrorHandler () const
	Return the currently set spi::ErrorHandler for this Appender.

spi::FilterPtr	getFilter () const override
	Returns the head Filter.

const spi::FilterPtr	getFirstFilter () const
	Return the first filter in the filter chain for this Appender.

LayoutPtr	getLayout () const override
	Returns the layout of this appender.

LogString	getName () const override
	Returns the name of this Appender.

const LevelPtr	getThreshold () const
	Returns this appenders threshold level.

bool	isAsSevereAsThreshold (const LevelPtr &level) const
	Check whether the message level is below the appender's threshold.

void	doAppend (const spi::LoggingEventPtr &event, helpers::Pool &pool) override
	This method performs threshold checks and invokes filters before delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific AppenderSkeleton::append method.

void	setErrorHandler (const spi::ErrorHandlerPtr eh)
	Set the `ErrorHandler` for this Appender.

void	setLayout (const LayoutPtr layout1) override
	Set the layout for this appender.

void	setName (const LogString &name1) override
	Set the name of this Appender.

void	setThreshold (const LevelPtr &threshold)
	Set the threshold level.

Public Member Functions inherited from log4cxx::Appender
virtual	~Appender ()

virtual void	addFilter (const spi::FilterPtr newFilter)=0
	Add a filter to the end of the filter list.

virtual spi::FilterPtr	getFilter () const =0
	Returns the head Filter.

virtual void	clearFilters ()=0
	Clear the list of filters by removing all the filters in it.

virtual void	close ()=0
	Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc.

virtual void	doAppend (const spi::LoggingEventPtr &event, log4cxx::helpers::Pool &pool)=0
	Log in `Appender` specific way.

virtual LogString	getName () const =0
	Get the name of this appender.

virtual void	setLayout (const LayoutPtr layout)=0
	Set the Layout for this appender.

virtual LayoutPtr	getLayout () const =0
	Returns this appenders layout.

virtual void	setName (const LogString &name)=0
	Set the name of this appender.

virtual bool	requiresLayout () const =0
	Configurators call this method to determine if the appender requires a layout.

Public Member Functions inherited from log4cxx::spi::OptionHandler
virtual	~OptionHandler ()

virtual void	activateOptions (helpers::Pool &p)=0
	Activate the options that were previously set with calls to option setters.

virtual void	setOption (const LogString &option, const LogString &value)=0
	Set `option` to `value`.

Public Member Functions inherited from log4cxx::helpers::Object
virtual	~Object ()

virtual const helpers::Class &	getClass () const =0

virtual bool	instanceof (const Class &clazz) const =0

virtual const void *	cast (const Class &clazz) const =0

Static Public Member Functions
static LogString	getFacilityString (int syslogFacility)
	Returns the specified syslog facility as a lower-case String, e.g.

static int	getFacility (const LogString &facilityName)
	Returns the integer value corresponding to the named syslog facility, or -1 if it couldn't be recognized.

Protected Member Functions
void	initSyslogFacilityStr ()

Protected Member Functions inherited from log4cxx::AppenderSkeleton
	AppenderSkeleton (LOG4CXX_PRIVATE_PTR(AppenderSkeletonPrivate) priv)

virtual void	append (const spi::LoggingEventPtr &event, log4cxx::helpers::Pool &p)=0
	Subclasses of `AppenderSkeleton` should implement this method to perform actual logging.

void	doAppendImpl (const spi::LoggingEventPtr &event, log4cxx::helpers::Pool &pool)

Detailed Description

Use SyslogAppender to send log messages to a remote syslog daemon.

Note that by default, this appender will split up messages that are more than 1024 bytes long, for compatability with BSD syslog(see RFC 3164). Modern syslog implementations(e.g. syslog-ng) can accept messages much larger, and may have a default of 8k. You may modify the default size of the messages by setting the MaxMessageLength option.

When the message is too large for the current MaxMessageLength, the packet number and total # will be appended to the end of the message like this: (5/10)

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SyslogAppender() [1/3]

log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::SyslogAppender ( )

◆ SyslogAppender() [2/3]

log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::SyslogAppender	(	const LayoutPtr &	layout,
		int	syslogFacility
	)

◆ SyslogAppender() [3/3]

log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::SyslogAppender	(	const LayoutPtr &	layout,
		const LogString &	syslogHost,
		int	syslogFacility
	)

◆ ~SyslogAppender()

log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::~SyslogAppender ( )

Member Function Documentation

◆ activateOptions()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::activateOptions ( helpers::Pool & p )

overridevirtual

Activate the options that were previously set with calls to option setters.

No action is performed in this implementation.

Reimplemented from log4cxx::AppenderSkeleton.

◆ append()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::append	(	const spi::LoggingEventPtr &	event,
		helpers::Pool &	p
	)

overridevirtual

Subclasses of AppenderSkeleton should implement this method to perform actual logging.

See also AppenderSkeleton::doAppend method.

Implements log4cxx::AppenderSkeleton.

◆ close()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::close ( )

overridevirtual

Release any resources held by this SyslogAppender.

Implements log4cxx::Appender.

◆ getFacility() [1/2]

LogString log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::getFacility ( ) const

Returns the value of the Facility option.

◆ getFacility() [2/2]

static int log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::getFacility ( const LogString & facilityName )

static

Returns the integer value corresponding to the named syslog facility, or -1 if it couldn't be recognized.

Parameters

facilityName one of the strings KERN, USER, MAIL, DAEMON, AUTH, SYSLOG, LPR, NEWS, UUCP, CRON, AUTHPRIV, FTP, LOCAL0, LOCAL1, LOCAL2, LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7. The matching is case-insensitive.

◆ getFacilityPrinting()

bool log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::getFacilityPrinting ( ) const

Returns the value of the FacilityPrinting option.

◆ getFacilityString()

static LogString log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::getFacilityString ( int syslogFacility )

static

Returns the specified syslog facility as a lower-case String, e.g.

"kern", "user", etc.

◆ getMaxMessageLength()

int log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::getMaxMessageLength ( ) const

◆ getSyslogHost()

const LogString & log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::getSyslogHost ( ) const

Returns the value of the SyslogHost option.

◆ initSyslogFacilityStr()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::initSyslogFacilityStr ( )

protected

◆ requiresLayout()

bool log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::requiresLayout ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

The SyslogAppender requires a layout.

Hence, this method returns true.

Implements log4cxx::Appender.

◆ setFacility()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::setFacility ( const LogString & facilityName )

Set the syslog facility.

This is the Facility option.

The facilityName parameter must be one of the strings KERN, USER, MAIL, DAEMON, AUTH, SYSLOG, LPR, NEWS, UUCP, CRON, AUTHPRIV, FTP, LOCAL0, LOCAL1, LOCAL2, LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7. Case is unimportant.

◆ setFacilityPrinting()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::setFacilityPrinting ( bool facilityPrinting1 )

If the FacilityPrinting option is set to true, the printed message will include the facility name of the application.

It is false by default.

◆ setMaxMessageLength()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::setMaxMessageLength ( int maxMessageLength1 )

◆ setOption()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::setOption	(	const LogString &	option,
		const LogString &	value
	)

overridevirtual

Set option to value.

Supported options	Supported values	Default value
SysLogHost	(1)	-
Facility	(2)	-
MaxMessageLength	{int}	1024

(1) A valid internet address, optionally with the port number as a suffix after a ':'.

(2) One of kern,user,mail,daemon,auth,syslog,lpr,news,uucp,cron,ftp,local0,local1,local2,local3,local4,local5,local6,local7

See also: AppenderSkeleton::setOption()

Reimplemented from log4cxx::AppenderSkeleton.

◆ setSyslogHost()

void log4cxx::net::SyslogAppender::setSyslogHost ( const LogString & syslogHost )

The SyslogHost option is the name of the the syslog host where log output should go.

WARNING If the SyslogHost is not set, then this appender will fail.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

syslogappender.h

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SyslogAppender() [1/3]

◆ SyslogAppender() [2/3]

◆ SyslogAppender() [3/3]

◆ ~SyslogAppender()

Member Function Documentation

◆ activateOptions()

◆ append()

◆ close()

◆ getFacility() [1/2]

◆ getFacility() [2/2]

◆ getFacilityPrinting()

◆ getFacilityString()

◆ getMaxMessageLength()

◆ getSyslogHost()

◆ initSyslogFacilityStr()

◆ requiresLayout()

◆ setFacility()

◆ setFacilityPrinting()

◆ setMaxMessageLength()

◆ setOption()

◆ setSyslogHost()