Class SocketHubAppender
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Appender
,OptionHandler
LoggingEvent
objects to a set of remote log servers, usually a
SocketNodes
.
Acts just like SocketAppender
except that instead of connecting to a
given remote log server, SocketHubAppender
accepts connections
from the remote log servers as clients. It can accept more than one
connection. When a log event is received, the event is sent to the set of
currently connected remote log servers. Implemented this way it does not
require any update to the configuration file to send data to another remote
log server. The remote log server simply connects to the host and port the
SocketHubAppender
is running on.
The SocketHubAppender
does not store events such that the remote
side will events that arrived after the establishment of its connection. Once
connected, events arrive in order as guaranteed by the TCP protocol.
This implementation borrows heavily from the SocketAppender
.
The SocketHubAppender has the following characteristics:
- If sent to a
SocketNode
, logging is non-intrusive as far as the log event is concerned. In other words, the event will be logged with the same time stamp,NDC
, location info as if it were logged locally. SocketHubAppender
does not use a layout. It ships a serializedLoggingEvent
object to the remote side.SocketHubAppender
relies on the TCP protocol. Consequently, if the remote side is reachable, then log events will eventually arrive at remote client.- If no remote clients are attached, the logging requests are simply
dropped.
- Logging events are automatically buffered by the native TCP
implementation. This means that if the link to remote client is slow but
still faster than the rate of (log) event production, the application will
not be affected by the slow network connection. However, if the network
connection is slower then the rate of event production, then the local
application can only progress at the network rate. In particular, if the
network link to the the remote client is down, the application will be
blocked.
On the other hand, if the network link is up, but the remote client is down, the client will not be blocked when making log requests but the log events will be lost due to client unavailability.
The single remote client case extends to multiple clients connections. The rate of logging will be determined by the slowest link.
- If the JVM hosting the
SocketHubAppender
exits before theSocketHubAppender
is closed either explicitly or subsequent to garbage collection, then there might be untransmitted data in the pipe which might be lost. This is a common problem on Windows based systems.To avoid lost data, it is usually sufficient to
close()
theSocketHubAppender
either explicitly or by calling theLogManager.shutdown()
method before exiting the application.
- Author:
- Mark Womack
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Field Summary
FieldsModifier and TypeFieldDescriptionstatic final String
The MulticastDNS zone advertised by a SocketHubAppenderFields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
closed, errorHandler, headFilter, layout, name, tailFilter, threshold
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Constructor Summary
Constructors -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
Set up the socket server on the specified port.void
append
(LoggingEvent event) Append an event to all of current connections.void
cleanUp()
Release the underlying ServerMonitor thread, and drop the connections to all connected remote servers.void
close()
Close this appender.protected ServerSocket
createServerSocket
(int socketPort) Creates a server socket to accept connections.Returns value of the Application option.int
Returns value of the bufferSize option.boolean
Returns value of the LocationInfo option.int
getPort()
Returns value of the Port option.boolean
boolean
The SocketHubAppender does not use a layout.void
setAdvertiseViaMulticastDNS
(boolean advertiseViaMulticastDNS) void
setApplication
(String lapp) The App option takes a string value which should be the name of the application getting logged.void
setBufferSize
(int _bufferSize) The BufferSize option takes a positive integer representing the number of events this appender will buffer and send to newly connected clients.void
setLocationInfo
(boolean _locationInfo) The LocationInfo option takes a boolean value.void
setPort
(int _port) The Port option takes a positive integer representing the port where the server is waiting for connections.Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
addFilter, clearFilters, doAppend, finalize, getErrorHandler, getFilter, getFirstFilter, getLayout, getName, getThreshold, isAsSevereAsThreshold, setErrorHandler, setLayout, setName, setThreshold
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Field Details
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ZONE
The MulticastDNS zone advertised by a SocketHubAppender- See Also:
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Constructor Details
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SocketHubAppender
public SocketHubAppender() -
SocketHubAppender
public SocketHubAppender(int _port) Connects to remote server ataddress
andport
.
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Method Details
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activateOptions
public void activateOptions()Set up the socket server on the specified port.- Specified by:
activateOptions
in interfaceOptionHandler
- Overrides:
activateOptions
in classAppenderSkeleton
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close
public void close()Close this appender.This will mark the appender as closed and call then
cleanUp()
method. -
cleanUp
public void cleanUp()Release the underlying ServerMonitor thread, and drop the connections to all connected remote servers. -
append
Append an event to all of current connections.- Specified by:
append
in classAppenderSkeleton
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requiresLayout
public boolean requiresLayout()The SocketHubAppender does not use a layout. Hence, this method returnsfalse
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setPort
public void setPort(int _port) The Port option takes a positive integer representing the port where the server is waiting for connections. -
setApplication
The App option takes a string value which should be the name of the application getting logged. If property was already set (via system property), don't set here. -
getApplication
Returns value of the Application option. -
getPort
public int getPort()Returns value of the Port option. -
setBufferSize
public void setBufferSize(int _bufferSize) The BufferSize option takes a positive integer representing the number of events this appender will buffer and send to newly connected clients. -
getBufferSize
public int getBufferSize()Returns value of the bufferSize option. -
setLocationInfo
public void setLocationInfo(boolean _locationInfo) The LocationInfo option takes a boolean value. If true, the information sent to the remote host will include location information. By default no location information is sent to the server. -
getLocationInfo
public boolean getLocationInfo()Returns value of the LocationInfo option. -
setAdvertiseViaMulticastDNS
public void setAdvertiseViaMulticastDNS(boolean advertiseViaMulticastDNS) -
isAdvertiseViaMulticastDNS
public boolean isAdvertiseViaMulticastDNS() -
createServerSocket
Creates a server socket to accept connections.- Parameters:
socketPort
- port on which the socket should listen, may be zero.- Returns:
- new socket.
- Throws:
IOException
- IO error when opening the socket.
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