org.apache.flume.sink
Class LoggerSink

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.flume.sink.AbstractSink
      org.apache.flume.sink.LoggerSink

All Implemented Interfaces:

LifecycleAware, NamedComponent, Sink

public class LoggerSink
extends AbstractSink

A Sink implementation that logs all events received at the INFO level to the org.apache.flume.sink.LoggerSink logger.

WARNING: Logging events can potentially introduce performance degradation.

Configuration options

This sink has no configuration parameters.

Metrics

TODO

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.flume.Sink

Sink.Status

Constructor Summary

LoggerSink()

Method Summary

Sink.Status

process() Requests the sink to attempt to consume data from attached channel

Methods inherited from class org.apache.flume.sink.AbstractSink

getChannel, getLifecycleState, getName, setChannel, setName, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LoggerSink

public LoggerSink()

Method Detail

process

public Sink.Status process()
                    throws EventDeliveryException

Description copied from interface: Sink

Requests the sink to attempt to consume data from attached channel

Note: This method should be consuming from the channel within the bounds of a Transaction. On successful delivery, the transaction should be committed, and on failure it should be rolled back.

Returns:

READY if 1 or more Events were successfully delivered, BACKOFF if no data could be retrieved from the channel feeding this sink

Throws:

EventDeliveryException - In case of any kind of failure to deliver data to the next hop destination.