/**
* Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
* Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
* either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
* the Eclipse Foundation
*
* or (per the licensee's choosing)
*
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*/
package chapters.appenders;
import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
import ch.qos.logback.core.AppenderBase;
import ch.qos.logback.core.Layout;
public class CountingConsoleAppender extends AppenderBase<ILoggingEvent> {
static int DEFAULT_LIMIT = 10;
int counter = 0;
int limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT;
Layout<ILoggingEvent> layout;
public void setLimit(int limit) {
this.limit = limit;
}
public int getLimit() {
return limit;
}
@Override
public void start() {
if (this.layout == null) {
addError("No layout set for the appender named [" + name + "].");
return;
}
String header = layout.getFileHeader();
System.out.print(header);
super.start();
}
public void append(ILoggingEvent event) {
if (counter >= limit) {
return;
}
// output the events as formatted by patternLayout
String eventStr = this.layout.doLayout(event);
System.out.print(eventStr);
// prepare for next event
counter++;
}
public Layout<ILoggingEvent> getLayout() {
return layout;
}
public void setLayout(Layout<ILoggingEvent> layout) {
this.layout = layout;
}
}