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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.mom.kafka;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Layout;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractAppender;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AppenderLoggingException;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Property;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginAttribute;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginElement;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginFactory;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.validation.constraints.Required;

/**
 * Sends log events to an Apache Kafka topic.
 */
@Plugin(name = "Kafka", category = "Core", elementType = "appender", printObject = true)
public final class KafkaAppender extends AbstractAppender {

    /**
     * 
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @PluginFactory
    public static KafkaAppender createAppender(
            @PluginElement("Layout") final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout,
            @PluginElement("Filter") final Filter filter,
            @Required(message = "No name provided for KafkaAppender") @PluginAttribute("name") final String name,
            @PluginAttribute(value = "ignoreExceptions", defaultBoolean = true) final boolean ignoreExceptions,
            @Required(message = "No topic provided for KafkaAppender") @PluginAttribute("topic") final String topic,
            @PluginElement("Properties") final Property[] properties) {
        final KafkaManager kafkaManager = new KafkaManager(name, topic, properties);
        return new KafkaAppender(name, layout, filter, ignoreExceptions, kafkaManager);
    }

    private final KafkaManager manager;

    private KafkaAppender(final String name, final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout, final Filter filter, final boolean ignoreExceptions, final KafkaManager manager) {
        super(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions);
        this.manager = manager;
    }

    @Override
    public void append(final LogEvent event) {
        if (event.getLoggerName().startsWith("org.apache.kafka")) {
            LOGGER.warn("Recursive logging from [{}] for appender [{}].", event.getLoggerName(), getName());
        } else {
            try {
                if (getLayout() != null) {
                    manager.send(getLayout().toByteArray(event));
                } else {
                    manager.send(event.getMessage().getFormattedMessage().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
                }
            } catch (final Exception e) {
                LOGGER.error("Unable to write to Kafka [{}] for appender [{}].", manager.getName(), getName(), e);
                throw new AppenderLoggingException("Unable to write to Kafka in appender: " + e.getMessage(), e);
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void start() {
        super.start();
        manager.startup();
    }

    @Override
    public void stop() {
        super.stop();
        manager.release();
    }

}

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