## org.apache.log4j.or
Class RendererMap

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.log4j.or.RendererMap

    public class RendererMap

extends Object

Map class objects to an `ObjectRenderer`.

Since:
  version 1.0
Author:
  Ceki Gülcü

Constructor Summary
`RendererMap()`

Method Summary
`static void` `addRenderer(RendererSupport repository, String renderedClassName, String renderingClassName)` Add a renderer to a hierarchy passed as parameter.
`void` `clear()`
`String` `findAndRender(Object o)` Find the appropriate renderer for the class type of the `o` parameter.
`ObjectRenderer` `get(Class clazz)` Search the parents of `clazz` for a renderer.
`ObjectRenderer` `get(Object o)` Syntactic sugar method that calls `get(Class)` with the class of the object parameter.
`ObjectRenderer` `getDefaultRenderer()`
`void` `put(Class clazz, ObjectRenderer or)` Register an `ObjectRenderer` for `clazz`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### RendererMap

    public RendererMap()

Method Detail

### addRenderer

    public static void addRenderer(RendererSupport repository,
                                   String renderedClassName,
                                   String renderingClassName)

  Add a renderer to a hierarchy passed as parameter.

### findAndRender

    public String findAndRender(Object o)

  Find the appropriate renderer for the class type of the `o` parameter. This is accomplished by calling the `get(Class)` method. Once a renderer is found, it is applied on the object `o` and the result is returned as a `String`.

### get

    public ObjectRenderer get(Object o)

  Syntactic sugar method that calls `get(Class)` with the class of the object parameter.

### get

    public ObjectRenderer get(Class clazz)

  Search the parents of `clazz` for a renderer. The renderer closest in the hierarchy will be returned. If no renderers could be found, then the default renderer is returned.

  The search first looks for a renderer configured for `clazz`. If a renderer could not be found, then the search continues by looking at all the interfaces implemented by `clazz` including the super-interfaces of each interface. If a renderer cannot be found, then the search looks for a renderer defined for the parent (superclass) of `clazz`. If that fails, then all the interfaces implemented by the parent of `clazz` are searched and so on.

  For example, if A0, A1, A2 are classes and X0, X1, X2, Y0, Y1 are interfaces where A2 extends A1 which in turn extends A0 and similarly X2 extends X1 which extends X0 and Y1 extends Y0. Let us also assume that A1 implements the Y0 interface and that A2 implements the X2 interface.

  The table below shows the results returned by the `get(A2.class)` method depending on the renderers added to the map.

  Added renderers | Value returned by `get(A2.class)`
  --- | ---
  `A0Renderer` | `A0Renderer`
  `A0Renderer, A1Renderer` | `A1Renderer`
  `X0Renderer` | `X0Renderer`
  `A1Renderer, X0Renderer` | `X0Renderer`

  This search algorithm is not the most natural, although it is particularly easy to implement. Future log4j versions may implement a more intuitive search algorithm. However, the present algorithm should be acceptable in the vast majority of circumstances.

### getDefaultRenderer

    public ObjectRenderer getDefaultRenderer()

### clear

    public void clear()

### put

    public void put(Class clazz,
                    ObjectRenderer or)

  Register an `ObjectRenderer` for `clazz`.

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