@PluginFactory public static SyslogAppender createAppender( @PluginAttribute("host") String host, @PluginAttribute("port") String portNum, @PluginAttribute("protocol") String protocol, @PluginAttribute("reconnectionDelay") String delay, @PluginAttribute("immediateFail") String immediateFail, @PluginAttribute("name") String name, @PluginAttribute("immediateFlush") String immediateFlush, @PluginAttribute("ignoreExceptions") String ignore, @PluginAttribute("facility") String facility, @PluginAttribute("id") String id, @PluginAttribute("enterpriseNumber") String ein, @PluginAttribute("includeMDC") String includeMDC, @PluginAttribute("mdcId") String mdcId, @PluginAttribute("mdcPrefix") String mdcPrefix, @PluginAttribute("eventPrefix") String eventPrefix, @PluginAttribute("newLine") String includeNL, @PluginAttribute("newLineEscape") String escapeNL, @PluginAttribute("appName") String appName, @PluginAttribute("messageId") String msgId, @PluginAttribute("mdcExcludes") String excludes, @PluginAttribute("mdcIncludes") String includes, @PluginAttribute("mdcRequired") String required, @PluginAttribute("format") String format, @PluginElement("Filters") Filter filter, @PluginConfiguration Configuration config, @PluginAttribute("charset") String charsetName, @PluginAttribute("exceptionPattern") String exceptionPattern, @PluginElement("LoggerFields") LoggerFields[] loggerFields, @PluginAttribute("advertise") String advertise) { boolean isFlush = Booleans.parseBoolean(immediateFlush, true); boolean ignoreExceptions = Booleans.parseBoolean(ignore, true); int reconnectDelay = AbstractAppender.parseInt(delay, 0); boolean fail = Booleans.parseBoolean(immediateFail, true); int port = AbstractAppender.parseInt(portNum, 0); boolean isAdvertise = Boolean.parseBoolean(advertise); Layout<? extends Serializable> layout = "RFC5424".equalsIgnoreCase(format) ? RFC5424Layout.createLayout( facility, id, ein, includeMDC, mdcId, mdcPrefix, eventPrefix, includeNL, escapeNL, appName, msgId, excludes, includes, required, exceptionPattern, "false", loggerFields, config) : SyslogLayout.createLayout(facility, includeNL, escapeNL, charsetName); if (name == null) { LOGGER.error("No name provided for SyslogAppender"); return null; } Protocol p = (Protocol) EnglishEnums.valueOf(Protocol.class, protocol); AbstractSocketManager manager = createSocketManager(p, host, port, reconnectDelay, fail, layout); if (manager == null) { return null; } return new SyslogAppender( name, layout, filter, ignoreExceptions, isFlush, manager, isAdvertise ? config.getAdvertiser() : null); }