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/*
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package org.httplog4j.client;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.SerializableEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton;
import org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorCode;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;

/**
 *
 */
public class HTTPLog4jAppender extends AppenderSkeleton {

    private URI remoteURI;
    private HttpClient httpClient;

    public HTTPLog4jAppender(String remoteURI) {
        try {
            this.remoteURI = new URI(remoteURI);
        } catch (URISyntaxException uriSyntaxException) {
            errorHandler.error("could not configure HTTP Log4j Appender, malformed URL provided",
                    uriSyntaxException, ErrorCode.ADDRESS_PARSE_FAILURE);
            LogLog.error("malformed URL provided on initialization", uriSyntaxException);
        }
        httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    }

    public void append(LoggingEvent event) {
        if (event == null)
            return;

        if (httpClient == null)
            return;

        //don't log events generated by calling this appender, leads to infinite call loop
        if (event.getLoggerName().startsWith("org.apache.http"))
            return;

        System.out.println(event.getLoggerName());
        event.getNDC();
        event.getThreadName();
        event.getMDCCopy();
        event.getRenderedMessage();
        event.getThrowableStrRep();

        HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(remoteURI);
        try {
            httpPost.setEntity(new SerializableEntity(event, true));
            HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost);

        } catch (Exception exception) {
            LogLog.warn("could not publish to logging server", exception);
        }

    }

    public URI getRemoteURI() {
        return remoteURI;
    }

    @Override
    public void close() {
        httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean requiresLayout() {
        return false;
    }
}