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You can also browse Source Code files for Apache Log4j Core Implementation 2.14.1 below.

⏎ org/apache/logging/log4j/core/async/EventRoute.java

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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.async;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Marker;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AsyncAppender;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.Message;

/**
 * Enumeration over the different destinations where a log event can be sent.
 *
 * @see AsyncQueueFullPolicy
 * @see AsyncQueueFullPolicyFactory
 * @see DefaultAsyncQueueFullPolicy
 * @see DiscardingAsyncQueueFullPolicy
 * @since 2.6
 */
public enum EventRoute {
    /**
     * Enqueues the event for asynchronous logging in the background thread.
     */
    ENQUEUE {
        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncLogger asyncLogger, final String fqcn, final Level level,
                final Marker marker, final Message message, final Throwable thrown) {
        }

        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncLoggerConfig asyncLoggerConfig, final LogEvent event) {
            asyncLoggerConfig.logInBackgroundThread(event);
        }

        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncAppender asyncAppender, final LogEvent logEvent) {
            asyncAppender.logMessageInBackgroundThread(logEvent);
        }
    },
    /**
     * Logs the event synchronously: sends the event directly to the appender (in the current thread).
     * WARNING: This may result in lines logged out of order as synchronous events may be persisted before
     * earlier events, even from the same thread, which wait in the queue.
     */
    SYNCHRONOUS {
        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncLogger asyncLogger, final String fqcn, final Level level,
                final Marker marker, final Message message, final Throwable thrown) {
        }

        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncLoggerConfig asyncLoggerConfig, final LogEvent event) {
            asyncLoggerConfig.logToAsyncLoggerConfigsOnCurrentThread(event);
        }

        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncAppender asyncAppender, final LogEvent logEvent) {
            asyncAppender.logMessageInCurrentThread(logEvent);
        }
    },
    /**
     * Discards the event (so it is not logged at all).
     */
    DISCARD {
        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncLogger asyncLogger, final String fqcn, final Level level,
                final Marker marker, final Message message, final Throwable thrown) {
            // do nothing: drop the event
        }

        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncLoggerConfig asyncLoggerConfig, final LogEvent event) {
            // do nothing: drop the event
        }

        @Override
        public void logMessage(final AsyncAppender asyncAppender, final LogEvent coreEvent) {
            // do nothing: drop the event
        }
    };

    public abstract void logMessage(final AsyncLogger asyncLogger, final String fqcn, final Level level,
            final Marker marker, final Message message, final Throwable thrown);

    public abstract void logMessage(final AsyncLoggerConfig asyncLoggerConfig, final LogEvent event);

    public abstract void logMessage(final AsyncAppender asyncAppender, final LogEvent coreEvent);
}

⏎ org/apache/logging/log4j/core/async/EventRoute.java

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