com.nexwerk.log4junit.log4j
Class DefaultJUnitAppender

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
      org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender
          com.nexwerk.log4junit.log4j.DefaultJUnitAppender

All Implemented Interfaces:

JUnitAppender, org.apache.log4j.Appender, org.apache.log4j.spi.OptionHandler

public class DefaultJUnitAppender
extends org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender
implements JUnitAppender

The JUnitAppender will record the messages sent to a standard Log4J LoggingEvent, so that these can be recorded and asserted at a later stage.

Author:

Enrique Comba Riepenhausen Date: Nov 1, 2007 Time: 9:59:41 PM

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

closed, errorHandler, headFilter, layout, name, tailFilter, threshold

Constructor Summary

DefaultJUnitAppender()
Null constructor...

Method Summary

void	doAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event) Whenever there is a call to the log4j logging methods (debug, info, warn, error or fatal) this method will be called internally if the log level is reached.
java.lang.String	getLogMessages() Returns the log messages collected so far.
boolean	logLevelReached() Checks if the threshold has been reached.
void	setLogLevelThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Level level) Sets the threshold level to check against to see if an error has occured.
void	startRecording() Start the log recording process.
void	stopRecording() Stop the recording process to be able to start asserting the log without the log being cluttered with more logging information.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender

activateOptions, append, close, getInstance, requiresLayout

Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton

addFilter, clearFilters, finalize, getErrorHandler, getFilter, getFirstFilter, getLayout, getName, getThreshold, isAsSevereAsThreshold, setErrorHandler, setLayout, setName, setThreshold

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.log4j.Appender

addFilter, clearFilters, close, getErrorHandler, getFilter, getLayout, getName, requiresLayout, setErrorHandler, setLayout, setName

Constructor Detail

DefaultJUnitAppender

public DefaultJUnitAppender()

Null constructor...

Method Detail

startRecording

public void startRecording()

Start the log recording process.

Specified by:

startRecording in interface JUnitAppender

getLogMessages

public java.lang.String getLogMessages()

Returns the log messages collected so far.

Specified by:

getLogMessages in interface JUnitAppender

Returns:

The log messages.

setLogLevelThreshold

public void setLogLevelThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Level level)

Sets the threshold level to check against to see if an error has occured.

Specified by:

setLogLevelThreshold in interface JUnitAppender

Parameters:

level - The level threshold

logLevelReached

public boolean logLevelReached()

Checks if the threshold has been reached.

Specified by:

logLevelReached in interface JUnitAppender

Returns:

True if the threshold has been reached.

stopRecording

public void stopRecording()

Stop the recording process to be able to start asserting the log without the log being cluttered with more logging information.

Specified by:

stopRecording in interface JUnitAppender

doAppend

public void doAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent event)

Whenever there is a call to the log4j logging methods (debug, info, warn, error or fatal) this method will be called internally if the log level is reached.

Specified by:

doAppend in interface org.apache.log4j.Appender

Overrides:

doAppend in class org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender

Parameters:

event - The logging even containing the information (i.e. message exceptions, etc).