Package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.filter

Interface Filterable

All Superinterfaces:

LifeCycle

All Known Subinterfaces:

Configuration

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAppender, AbstractConfiguration, AbstractDatabaseAppender, AbstractFileAppender, AbstractFilterable, AbstractOutputStreamAppender, AbstractWriterAppender, AppenderControl, AsyncAppender, AsyncLoggerConfig, AsyncLoggerConfig.RootLogger, BuiltConfiguration, CompositeConfiguration, ConsoleAppender, CountingNoOpAppender, DefaultConfiguration, FailoverAppender, FileAppender, HttpAppender, JdbcAppender, JeroMqAppender, JmsAppender, JpaAppender, JsonConfiguration, LoggerConfig, LoggerConfig.RootLogger, MemoryMappedFileAppender, NoSqlAppender, NullAppender, NullConfiguration, OutputStreamAppender, PropertiesConfiguration, RandomAccessFileAppender, RewriteAppender, RollingFileAppender, RollingRandomAccessFileAppender, RoutingAppender, ScriptAppenderSelector, ServletAppender, SmtpAppender, SocketAppender, SyslogAppender, WriterAppender, XmlConfiguration, YamlConfiguration

public interface Filterable
extends LifeCycle

Interface implemented by Classes that allow filtering to occur.

Extends LifeCycle since filters have a life cycle.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LifeCycle

LifeCycle.State

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addFilter(Filter filter)	Adds a new Filter.
Filter	getFilter()	Returns an Iterator for all the Filters.
boolean	hasFilter()	Determine if a Filter is present.
boolean	isFiltered(LogEvent event)	Determines if the event should be filtered.
void	removeFilter(Filter filter)	Removes a Filter.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LifeCycle

getState, initialize, isStarted, isStopped, start, stop

Method Detail

addFilter

void addFilter(Filter filter)

Adds a new Filter. If a Filter already exists it is converted to a CompositeFilter.

Parameters:

filter - The Filter to add.

removeFilter

void removeFilter(Filter filter)

Removes a Filter.

Parameters:

filter - The Filter to remove.

getFilter

Filter getFilter()

Returns an Iterator for all the Filters.

Returns:

an Iterator for all the Filters.

hasFilter

boolean hasFilter()

Determine if a Filter is present.

Returns:

true if a Filter is present, false otherwise.

isFiltered

boolean isFiltered(LogEvent event)

Determines if the event should be filtered.

Parameters:

event - The LogEvent.

Returns:

true if the event should be filtered, false otherwise.