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public class

NTEventLogAppender

extends AppenderSkeleton

java.lang.Object
↳	org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
	↳	org.apache.log4j.nt.NTEventLogAppender

Class Overview

Append to the NT event log system.

WARNING This appender can only be installed and used on a Windows system.

Do not forget to place NTEventLogAppender.dll, NTEventLogAppender.amd64.dll, NTEventLogAppender.ia64.dll or NTEventLogAppender.x86.dll as appropriate in a directory that is on the PATH of the Windows system. Otherwise, you will get a java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError.

Summary

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Inherited Fields

From class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

Public Constructors
	NTEventLogAppender()
	NTEventLogAppender(String source)
	NTEventLogAppender(String server, String source)
	NTEventLogAppender(Layout layout)
	NTEventLogAppender(String source, Layout layout)
	NTEventLogAppender(String server, String source, Layout layout)

Public Methods
void	activateOptions() Derived appenders should override this method if option structure requires it.
void	append(LoggingEvent event) Subclasses of `AppenderSkeleton` should implement this method to perform actual logging.
void	close()
void	finalize() Finalize this appender by calling the derived class' `close` method.
String	getSource()
boolean	requiresLayout() The `NTEventLogAppender` requires a layout.
void	setSource(String source) The Source option which names the source of the event.

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Inherited Methods

From class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

void	activateOptions() Derived appenders should override this method if option structure requires it.
void	addFilter(Filter newFilter) Add a filter to end of the filter list.
abstract void	append(LoggingEvent event) Subclasses of `AppenderSkeleton` should implement this method to perform actual logging.
void	clearFilters() Clear the filters chain.
synchronized void	doAppend(LoggingEvent event) This method performs threshold checks and invokes filters before delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific `append(LoggingEvent)` method.
void	finalize() Finalize this appender by calling the derived class' `close` method.
ErrorHandler	getErrorHandler() Return the currently set `ErrorHandler` for this Appender.
Filter	getFilter() Returns the head Filter.
final Filter	getFirstFilter() Return the first filter in the filter chain for this Appender.
Layout	getLayout() Returns the layout of this appender.
final String	getName() Returns the name of this appender.
Priority	getThreshold() Returns this appenders threshold level.
boolean	isAsSevereAsThreshold(Priority priority) Check whether the message level is below the appender's threshold.
synchronized void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh) Set the `ErrorHandler` for this Appender.
void	setLayout(Layout layout) Set the layout for this appender.
void	setName(String name) Set the name of this Appender.
void	setThreshold(Priority threshold) Set the threshold level.

From class java.lang.Object

From interface org.apache.log4j.Appender

abstract void	addFilter(Filter newFilter) Add a filter to the end of the filter list.
abstract void	clearFilters() Clear the list of filters by removing all the filters in it.
abstract void	close() Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc.
abstract void	doAppend(LoggingEvent event) Log in `Appender` specific way.
abstract ErrorHandler	getErrorHandler() Returns the `ErrorHandler` for this appender.
abstract Filter	getFilter() Returns the head Filter.
abstract Layout	getLayout() Returns this appenders layout.
abstract String	getName() Get the name of this appender.
abstract boolean	requiresLayout() Configurators call this method to determine if the appender requires a layout.
abstract void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler) Set the `ErrorHandler` for this appender.
abstract void	setLayout(Layout layout) Set the `Layout` for this appender.
abstract void	setName(String name) Set the name of this appender.

From interface org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler

Public Constructors

public NTEventLogAppender ()

public NTEventLogAppender (String source)

public NTEventLogAppender (String server, String source)

public NTEventLogAppender (Layout layout)

public NTEventLogAppender (String source, Layout layout)

public NTEventLogAppender (String server, String source, Layout layout)

Public Methods

public void activateOptions ()

Derived appenders should override this method if option structure requires it.

public void append (LoggingEvent event)

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

public void close ()

public void finalize ()

Finalize this appender by calling the derived class' close method.

public String getSource ()

public boolean requiresLayout ()

The NTEventLogAppender requires a layout. Hence, this method always returns true.

public void setSource (String source)

The Source option which names the source of the event. The current value of this constant is Source.

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