ch.qos.logback.core.filter
Class Filter<E>

java.lang.Object
  ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAwareBase
      ch.qos.logback.core.filter.Filter<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContextAware, LifeCycle

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractMatcherFilter

public abstract class Filter<E>
extends ContextAwareBase
implements LifeCycle

Users should extend this class to implement customized event filtering.

We suggest that you first try to use the built-in rules before rushing to write your own custom filters.

For more information about filters, please refer to the online manual at http://logback.qos.ch/manual/filters.html

Author:

Ceki Gülcü

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAwareBase

context

Constructor Summary

Filter()

Method Summary

abstract FilterReply	decide(E event) If the decision is FilterReply.DENY, then the event will be dropped.
String	getName()
boolean	isStarted()
void	setName(String name)
void	start()
void	stop()

Methods inherited from class ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAwareBase

addError, addError, addInfo, addInfo, addStatus, addWarn, addWarn, getContext, getDeclaredOrigin, getStatusManager, setContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Filter

public Filter()

Method Detail

start

public void start()

Specified by:

start in interface LifeCycle

isStarted

public boolean isStarted()

Specified by:

isStarted in interface LifeCycle

stop

public void stop()

Specified by:

stop in interface LifeCycle

decide

public abstract FilterReply decide(E event)

If the decision is FilterReply.DENY, then the event will be dropped. If the decision is FilterReply.NEUTRAL, then the next filter, if any, will be invoked. If the decision is FilterReply.ACCEPT then the event will be logged without consulting with other filters in the chain.

Parameters:

event - The event to decide upon.

getName

public String getName()

setName

public void setName(String name)