Discriminator (Logback-Parent 1.5.34 API)

Type Parameters:

E -

All Superinterfaces:

LifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDiscriminator, ContextBasedDiscriminator, DefaultDiscriminator, JNDIBasedContextDiscriminator, MDCBasedDiscriminator
```
public interface Discriminator<E>
extends LifeCycle
```
Implement this interface in order to compute a discriminating value for a given event of type <E>.
The returned value can depend on any data available at the time of the call, including data contained within the currently running thread.

Author:

Ceki Gülcü

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDiscriminatingValue(E e)`	Given event 'e' return a discriminating value.
`String`	`getKey()`	The key or variable name under which the discriminating value should be exported into the host environment.

Methods inherited from interface ch.qos.logback.core.spi.LifeCycle
isStarted, start, stop

- Method Detail
  - getDiscriminatingValue
```
String getDiscriminatingValue(E e)
```
    Given event 'e' return a discriminating value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    e -
    
    Returns:
  - getKey
```
String getKey()
```
    The key or variable name under which the discriminating value should be exported into the host environment.
    
    Returns: