1 /**
2 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3 * Copyright (C) 1999-2009, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
4 *
5 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
6 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
7 * the Eclipse Foundation
8 *
9 * or (per the licensee's choosing)
10 *
11 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
12 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 */
14 package ch.qos.logback.core;
15
16 import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAware;
17 import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.FilterAttachable;
18 import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.LifeCycle;
19
20
21 public interface Appender<E> extends LifeCycle, ContextAware, FilterAttachable<E> {
22
23 /**
24 * Get the name of this appender. The name uniquely identifies the appender.
25 */
26 public String getName();
27
28 /**
29 * This is where an appender accomplishes its work. Note that the argument
30 * is of type Object.
31 * @param event
32 */
33 void doAppend(E event) throws LogbackException;
34
35 /**
36 * Set the {@link Layout} for this appender.
37 */
38 public void setLayout(Layout<E> layout);
39
40 /**
41 * Returns this appenders layout.
42 */
43 public Layout<E> getLayout();
44
45 /**
46 * Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other components to
47 * identify this appender.
48 *
49 */
50 public void setName(String name);
51
52 }