SyslogMessageProcessorIF.java

package org.graylog2.syslog4j;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * SyslogMessageProcessorIF provides an extensible interface for writing custom
 * Syslog4j message processors.
 * <p/>
 * <p>Syslog4j is licensed under the Lesser GNU Public License v2.1.  A copy
 * of the LGPL license is available in the META-INF folder in all
 * distributions of Syslog4j and in the base directory of the "doc" ZIP.</p>
 *
 * @author <syslog4j@productivity.org>
 * @version $Id: SyslogMessageProcessorIF.java,v 1.4 2010/11/28 04:15:18 cvs Exp $
 */
public interface SyslogMessageProcessorIF extends Serializable {
    public String createSyslogHeader(int facility, int level, String localName, boolean sendLocalTimestamp, boolean sendLocalName);

    public byte[] createPacketData(byte[] header, byte[] message, int start, int length);

    public byte[] createPacketData(byte[] header, byte[] message, int start, int length, byte[] splitBeginText, byte[] splitEndText);

    public String createSyslogHeader(int facility, int level, String localName, boolean sendLocalName, Date datetime);
}