log4tango::Layout(3)

💖 log4tango::Layout — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the log4tango manual, section 3, and it's all about log4tango::Layout. she's the base class, the blueprint, the blueprint-est blueprint. everything else is giving "I learned it from her." 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

log4tango::Layout — the abstract-ish parent class that every layout in log4tango inherits from. she doesn't log anything herself, she just sets the vibe (the format) that appenders then write out. icon behaviour, honestly. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Layout.hh>

Inherited by log4tango::PatternLayout, and log4tango::XMLLayout.

🎀 Public Member Functions 🎀

• Layout() — Constructor for Layout.
• virtual ~Layout() — Destructor for Layout.
• virtual std::string format(const LoggingEvent &event) — Formats the LoggingEvent data to a string that appenders can log.

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🦋 Constructor & Destructor Documentation 🦋

log4tango::Layout::Layout() [inline]

Constructor for Layout. literally just the beginning of her story, no cap. ✨

virtual log4tango::Layout::~Layout() [inline], [virtual]

Destructor for Layout. she's virtual, so she cleans up properly for all her daughters. respect. 🫶

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💜 Member Function Documentation 💜

std::string log4tango::Layout::format(const LoggingEvent & event) [virtual]

Formats the LoggingEvent data to a string that appenders can log. Overload this method to create your own layout format. yes bestie, this is the method — the main character moment. override her and make her your own. 🌈

Parameters

• event — The LoggingEvent.

Returns

• an appendable string. (a string you can append. she said what she said. 💅)

Reimplemented in log4tango::PatternLayout, and log4tango::XMLLayout.

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🧚 Author 🧚

Generated automatically by Doxygen for log4tango from the source code. not a human, just a robot doing her little robot thing, and honestly? she ate. 🤖💖

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you're so welcome 🎀 this was Version 5.0.2, dated Thu Dec 5 2024, and ngl that date is giving cozy winter coding era ❄️✨ go forth and format your events, ily, mwah 🫶💜