org.apache.flume.sink
Class NullSink

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.flume.sink.AbstractSink
      extended by org.apache.flume.sink.NullSink
All Implemented Interfaces:
LifecycleAware, PollableSink, Sink

public class NullSink
extends AbstractSink
implements PollableSink

A Sink implementation that simply discards all events it receives. A /dev/null for Flume.

Configuration options

This sink has no configuration parameters.

Metrics

TODO


Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.flume.PollableSink
PollableSink.Status
 
Constructor Summary
NullSink()
           
 
Method Summary
 PollableSink.Status process()
           
 void start()
           Starts a service or component.
 void stop()
           Stops a service or component.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.flume.sink.AbstractSink
getChannel, getLifecycleState, setChannel
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.flume.Sink
getChannel, setChannel
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.flume.lifecycle.LifecycleAware
getLifecycleState
 

Constructor Detail

NullSink

public NullSink()
Method Detail

process

public PollableSink.Status process()
                            throws EventDeliveryException
Specified by:
process in interface PollableSink
Throws:
EventDeliveryException

start

public void start()
Description copied from interface: LifecycleAware

Starts a service or component.

Implementations should determine the result of any start logic and effect the return value of LifecycleAware.getLifecycleState() accordingly.

Specified by:
start in interface LifecycleAware
Overrides:
start in class AbstractSink

stop

public void stop()
Description copied from interface: LifecycleAware

Stops a service or component.

Implementations should determine the result of any stop logic and effect the return value of LifecycleAware.getLifecycleState() accordingly.

Specified by:
stop in interface LifecycleAware
Overrides:
stop in class AbstractSink


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