org.apache.log.output

Class AsyncLogTarget

public class AsyncLogTarget extends AbstractTarget implements Runnable

An asynchronous LogTarget that sends entries on in another thread. It is the responsibility of the user of this class to start the thread etc.

 LogTarget mySlowTarget = ...;
 AsyncLogTarget asyncTarget = new AsyncLogTarget( mySlowTarget );
 Thread thread = new Thread( asyncTarget );
 thread.setPriority( Thread.MIN_PRIORITY );
 thread.start();

 logger.setLogTargets( new LogTarget[] { asyncTarget } );

Author: Avalon Development Team Peter Donald

Constructor Summary
	AsyncLogTarget(LogTarget logTarget) Creation of a new async log target.
	AsyncLogTarget(LogTarget logTarget, int queueSize) Creation of a new async log target.

Method Summary
void	doProcessEvent(LogEvent event) Process a log event by adding it to queue.
void	run() Thread startup.
void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler) Provide component with ErrorHandler.