uk.org.simonsite.log4j.appender

Interface LoggingEventQueue

All Known Implementing Classes:

LoggingEventBlockingQueue, LoggingEventBlockingQueue, LoggingEventLinkedList

public interface LoggingEventQueue

Queue used to buffer LoggingEvents for asynchronous dispatch.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Simon Park

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LoggingEvent	poll()
void	put(LoggingEvent loggingEvent) Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue, waiting if necessary for space to become available, and notifies all waiting threads.
LoggingEvent	take() Retrieves and removes the head element of this queue, waiting if necessary until an element becomes available.

Method Detail

poll

LoggingEvent poll()

Returns:

the head of this queue, or null if this queue is empty.

put

void put(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
         throws InterruptedException

Inserts the specified element at the tail of this queue, waiting if necessary for space to become available, and notifies all waiting threads.

Parameters:

loggingEvent -

Throws:

InterruptedException

take

LoggingEvent take()
                  throws InterruptedException

Retrieves and removes the head element of this queue, waiting if necessary until an element becomes available.

Returns:

the head of this queue.

Throws:

InterruptedException - if interrupted whilst waiting.