org.log5j.writer
Class SocketWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.log5j.Writer
      org.log5j.writer.SocketWriter

public final class SocketWriter
extends Writer

SocketWriter writes log messages to a TCP socket.

SocketWriter requires two configuration properties to be set;

• host: The name of the host the socket must connect to
• port: The port the socket must connect to

Author:

Bruce Ashton

Constructor Summary

SocketWriter(Format format, java.util.Properties properties)
Create a new SocketWriter and connect.

Method Summary

void	write(java.lang.String message) Write a single message to the log.

Methods inherited from class org.log5j.Writer

getFormat

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SocketWriter

public SocketWriter(Format format,
                    java.util.Properties properties)
             throws java.io.IOException

Create a new SocketWriter and connect.

Parameters:

format - the Format object for this SocketWriter

properties - configuration properties for this SocketWriter.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the socket cannot be opened for writing

Method Detail

write

public void write(java.lang.String message)

Description copied from class: Writer

Write a single message to the log.

Specified by:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

message - the message to write