Apache Log4j provides the interface that applications should code to and provides the adapter components required for implementers to create a logging implementation.

Bytecode (Java 1.4) for Apache Log4j is provided in a JAR file like log4j-1.2.17.jar.

Source Code files for Apache Log4j are provided in both binary packge like log4j-1.2.17.zip and source package like log4j-1.2.17-sources.zip. You can download them at Apache Log4j Website.

You can also browse Source Code files for Apache Log4j 1.2.17 below.

⏎ org/apache/log4j/pattern/LiteralPatternConverter.java

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package org.apache.log4j.pattern;

import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;


/**
 * Formats a string literal.
 *
 * @author Curt Arnold
 *
 */
public final class LiteralPatternConverter extends LoggingEventPatternConverter {
  /**
   * String literal.
   */
  private final String literal;

  /**
   * Create a new instance.
   * @param literal string literal.
   */
  public LiteralPatternConverter(final String literal) {
    super("Literal", "literal");
    this.literal = literal;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  public void format(final LoggingEvent event, final StringBuffer toAppendTo) {
    toAppendTo.append(literal);
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  public void format(final Object obj, final StringBuffer toAppendTo) {
    toAppendTo.append(literal);
  }
}

⏎ org/apache/log4j/pattern/LiteralPatternConverter.java

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File size: 481200 bytes
Release date: 2012-05-06
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