Uses of Interface
org.apache.log4j.component.plugins.Plugin

Packages that use Plugin

Package	Description
org.apache.log4j.component.plugins
org.apache.log4j.receivers.db	The org.apache.log4j.db package provides means to append logging events into various databases.
org.apache.log4j.receivers.net
org.apache.log4j.receivers.varia
org.apache.log4j.receivers.xml

Uses of Plugin in org.apache.log4j.component.plugins

Classes in org.apache.log4j.component.plugins that implement Plugin

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	PluginSkeleton	A convienent abstract class for plugin subclasses that implements the basic methods of the Plugin interface.
class	Receiver	Defines the base class for Receiver plugins.

Methods in org.apache.log4j.component.plugins that return Plugin

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Plugin	PluginEvent.getPlugin()	Returns the source Plugin of this event, which is simple the getSource() method casted to Plugin for convenience.
Plugin	PluginRegistry.stopPlugin(String pluginName)	Stops a plugin by plugin name and repository.

Methods in org.apache.log4j.component.plugins with parameters of type Plugin

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	PluginRegistry.addPlugin(Plugin plugin)	Adds a plugin to the plugin registry.
private void	PluginRegistry.firePluginStarted(Plugin plugin)	Calls the pluginStarted method on every registered PluginListener.
private void	PluginRegistry.firePluginStopped(Plugin plugin)	Calls the pluginStopped method for every registered PluginListner.
boolean	Plugin.isEquivalent(Plugin testPlugin)	Returns true if the testPlugin is considered to be "equivalent" to the this plugin.
boolean	PluginSkeleton.isEquivalent(Plugin testPlugin)	Returns true if the plugin has the same name and logger repository as the testPlugin passed in.

Constructors in org.apache.log4j.component.plugins with parameters of type Plugin

Modifier	Constructor	Description
(package private)	PluginEvent(Plugin source)

Uses of Plugin in org.apache.log4j.receivers.db

Classes in org.apache.log4j.receivers.db that implement Plugin

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	CustomSQLDBReceiver	Converts log data stored in a database into LoggingEvents.
class	DBReceiver

Uses of Plugin in org.apache.log4j.receivers.net

Classes in org.apache.log4j.receivers.net that implement Plugin

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	JMSReceiver	JMSReceiver receives a remote logging event on a configured JSM topic and "posts" it to a LoggerRepository as if the event was generated locally.
class	MulticastReceiver	Multicast-based receiver.
class	SocketHubReceiver	SocketHubReceiver receives a remote logging event on a configured socket and "posts" it to a LoggerRepository as if the event was generated locally.
class	SocketReceiver	SocketReceiver receives a remote logging event on a configured socket and "posts" it to a LoggerRepository as if the event was generated locally.
class	UDPReceiver	Receive LoggingEvents encoded with an XMLLayout, convert the XML data to a LoggingEvent and post the LoggingEvent.
class	XMLSocketReceiver	XMLSocketReceiver receives a remote logging event via XML on a configured socket and "posts" it to a LoggerRepository as if the event were generated locally.

Methods in org.apache.log4j.receivers.net with parameters of type Plugin

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	JMSReceiver.isEquivalent(Plugin testPlugin)	Returns true if the receiver is the same class and they are configured for the same properties, and super class also considers them to be equivalent.
boolean	SocketHubReceiver.isEquivalent(Plugin testPlugin)	Returns true if the receiver is the same class and they are configured for the same properties, and super class also considers them to be equivalent.
boolean	SocketReceiver.isEquivalent(Plugin testPlugin)	Returns true if the receiver is the same class and they are configured for the same properties, and super class also considers them to be equivalent.
boolean	XMLSocketReceiver.isEquivalent(Plugin testPlugin)	Returns true if the receiver is the same class and they are configured for the same properties, and super class also considers them to be equivalent.

Uses of Plugin in org.apache.log4j.receivers.varia

Classes in org.apache.log4j.receivers.varia that implement Plugin

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	LogFilePatternReceiver	LogFilePatternReceiver can parse and tail log files, converting entries into LoggingEvents.

Uses of Plugin in org.apache.log4j.receivers.xml

Classes in org.apache.log4j.receivers.xml that implement Plugin

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	LogFileXMLReceiver	LogFileXMLReceiver will read an xml-formated log file and make the events in the log file available to the log4j framework.