1 /**
2 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, 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 public interface Appender<E> extends LifeCycle, ContextAware, FilterAttachable<E> {
21
22 /**
23 * Get the name of this appender. The name uniquely identifies the appender.
24 */
25 String getName();
26
27 /**
28 * This is where an appender accomplishes its work. Note that the argument is of
29 * type Object.
30 *
31 * @param event
32 */
33 void doAppend(E event) throws LogbackException;
34
35 /**
36 * Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other components to
37 * identify this appender.
38 *
39 */
40 void setName(String name);
41
42 }