001/** 002 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework. 003 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved. 004 * 005 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under 006 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by 007 * the Eclipse Foundation 008 * 009 * or (per the licensee's choosing) 010 * 011 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 012 * as published by the Free Software Foundation. 013 */ 014package ch.qos.logback.core; 015 016import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAware; 017import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.FilterAttachable; 018import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.LifeCycle; 019 020public interface Appender<E> extends LifeCycle, ContextAware, FilterAttachable<E> { 021 022 /** 023 * Get the name of this appender. The name uniquely identifies the appender. 024 */ 025 String getName(); 026 027 /** 028 * This is where an appender accomplishes its work. Note that the argument is of 029 * type Object. 030 * 031 * @param event 032 */ 033 void doAppend(E event) throws LogbackException; 034 035 /** 036 * Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other components to 037 * identify this appender. 038 * 039 */ 040 void setName(String name); 041 042}