ConsolePluginClient.java

package chapters.appenders.socket;

import ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger;
import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
import ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SocketAppender;
import ch.qos.logback.core.status.OnConsoleStatusListener;

import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

/**
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public class ConsolePluginClient {

	static public void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		// Create a SocketAppender connected to hostname:port with a
		// reconnection delay of 10000 seconds.
		String hostname = "localhost";
		int port = 4321;
		SocketAppender socketAppender = new SocketAppender();
		socketAppender.setRemoteHost(hostname);
		socketAppender.setPort(port);
		socketAppender.setIncludeCallerData(true);
		socketAppender.setReconnectionDelay(10000);

		LoggerContext lc = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
		socketAppender.setContext(lc);

		lc.getStatusManager().add(new OnConsoleStatusListener());
		// SocketAppender options become active only after the execution
		// of the next statement.
		socketAppender.start();

		Logger logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory
				.getLogger(ConsolePluginClient.class);
		logger.addAppender(socketAppender);

		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
				System.in));

		for (int i = 0; i > 10; i++) {
			if (i % 3 == 0) {
				logger.warn(i + " is divisible by 3");
			} else {
				logger.warn("this is message number " + i);
			}
		}

		logger.error("this is an exception", new Exception("test"));
		
		while (true) {
			System.out.println("Type a message to send to log server at "
					+ hostname + ":" + port + ". Type 'q' to quit.");

			String s = reader.readLine();

			if (s.equals("q")) {
				break;
			} else {
				logger.debug(s);
			}
		}
	}
}