Class comb.logging.appenders.Appender

Base class for all appenders
Defined in: appender.js.

Class Detail

comb.logging.appenders.Appender(options)

Parameters:

{Object} options Optional

options to assign to this Appender

{String} options.name Optional, Default: "appender"

the name of this Appender. If you want two of the same type of appender on a logger it must have a different name.

{String} options.pattern Optional, Default: "[{[yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss:SSS (z)]timeStamp}] {[- 5]levelName} {[-20]name} - {message}"

Available Options for formatting see comb.string.format for formatting options

timeStamp - the timestamp of the event being logged
level - the comb.logging.Level of the event
levelName - the name of the level being logged
name - the name of the logger logging the event
message - the message being logged

{comb.logging.Level|String} options.level Optional, Default: comb.logging.Level.INFO

the logging level of this appender

Note: the level can be different from the logger in the case that you want a particular logger to only log particular event of a level. For example an appender that only logs errors. BEWARE that if the appenders level is lower than the logger is will not receive any messages.

Field Detail

{comb.logging.Level} level

the level of this Appender.

{String} name

the name of this Appender.

{String} pattern

the pattern for this Appender.

Method Detail

append(event, level, name, message)

Appends a message to a log. This method is abstract and must be implemented in subclasses

Parameters:
{Object} event: the logging event to log.
{Date} event.timeStamp: the timeStamp of the event.
{comb.logging.Level} level: the level of the event.
{String} name: the name of the logger the event was emitted from.
{String} message: the message that is being logged.

throw new Error("abstract method");