[PATCH] Add charset for SyslogAppender - reworked

[Jay]

Here is the patch re-worked for adding charset support for the SyslogAppender.  
It accepts the optional property CharSet, useful for EBCDIC systems logging 
to an ASCII based syslog.

Thanks for the info on activateOptions().

Thanks.




--- org-SyslogAppender.java	2003-07-09 17:01:30.000000000 -0500
+++ SyslogAppender.java	2003-07-10 19:07:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
   //SyslogTracerPrintWriter stp;
   SyslogQuietWriter sqw;
   String syslogHost;
+  String CharSet;
 
   public
   SyslogAppender() {
@@ -259,11 +260,13 @@
   }
 
   /**
-     This method returns immediately as options are activated when they
-     are set.
+     Create the SyslogQuietWriter object with the requested options
   */
   public
   void activateOptions() {
+      this.sqw = new SyslogQuietWriter(new SyslogWriter(syslogHost,CharSet),
+				     syslogFacility, errorHandler);
+    //this.stp = new SyslogTracerPrintWriter(sqw);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -285,13 +288,20 @@
    */
   public
   void setSyslogHost(String syslogHost) {
-    this.sqw = new SyslogQuietWriter(new SyslogWriter(syslogHost),
-				     syslogFacility, errorHandler);
-    //this.stp = new SyslogTracerPrintWriter(sqw);
     this.syslogHost = syslogHost;
   }
 
   /**
+    The <b>Charset</b> option is the name of the charset for
+    the receiving host.  Usefull for EBCDIC to ASCII translation.
+
+   */
+  public
+  void setCharset(String CharSet) {
+    this.CharSet = CharSet;
+  }
+
+  /**
      Returns the value of the <b>SyslogHost</b> option.
    */
   public
@@ -300,6 +310,14 @@
   }
 
   /**
+     Returns the value of the <b>Charset</b> option.
+   */
+  public
+  String getCharset() {
+    return CharSet;
+  }
+
+  /**
      Set the syslog facility. This is the <b>Facility</b> option.
 
      <p>The <code>facilityName</code> parameter must be one of the

--- org-SyslogWriter.java	2003-07-09 17:01:36.000000000 -0500
+++ SyslogWriter.java	2003-07-10 18:08:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@
 
   final int SYSLOG_PORT = 514;
   static String syslogHost;
+  static String CharSet;
   
   private InetAddress address;
   private DatagramSocket ds;
 
   public
-  SyslogWriter(String syslogHost) {
+  SyslogWriter(String syslogHost, String CharSet) {
     this.syslogHost = syslogHost;
+    this.CharSet = CharSet;
 
     try {      
       this.address = InetAddress.getByName(syslogHost);
@@ -61,7 +63,13 @@
   
   public
   void write(String string) throws IOException {
-    byte[] bytes = string.getBytes();
+  byte[] bytes = null;
+    
+    if (CharSet != null)
+      bytes = string.getBytes(CharSet);
+    else
+      bytes = string.getBytes();
+      
     DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(bytes, bytes.length,
 					       address, SYSLOG_PORT);
 


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