org.apache.flume.sink.elasticsearch
Interface ElasticSearchEventSerializer

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable, ConfigurableComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElasticSearchDynamicSerializer, ElasticSearchLogStashEventSerializer

public interface ElasticSearchEventSerializer
extends Configurable, ConfigurableComponent

Interface for an event serializer which serializes the headers and body of an event to write them to ElasticSearch. This is configurable, so any config params required should be taken through this.

Field Summary

static Charset

charset

Method Summary

org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder

getContentBuilder(Event event) Return an XContentBuilder made up of the serialized flume event

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.flume.conf.Configurable

configure

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.flume.conf.ConfigurableComponent

configure

Field Detail

charset

static final Charset charset

Method Detail

getContentBuilder

org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder getContentBuilder(Event event)
                                                                    throws IOException

Return an XContentBuilder made up of the serialized flume event

Parameters:

event - The flume event to serialize

Returns:

A XContentBuilder used to write to ElasticSearch

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs during serialization