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/*
 * Copyright 2011 The greplin-exception-catcher Authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.greplin.gec;

import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton;
import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonFactory;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.UUID;

/**
 * log4j appender that writes exceptions to a file.
 */
public final class GecAppender extends AppenderSkeleton {
    /**
     * Name of the project we are logging exceptions for.
     */
    private String project;

    /**
     * Name of the environment (prod/devel/etc.) we are logging exceptions in.
     */
    private String environment;

    /**
     * The name of this server.
     */
    private String serverName;

    /**
     * The directory to write exception files.
     */
    private String outputDirectory;

    /**
     * Set of classes that only exist to contain exceptions.
     */
    private final Set<Class<? extends Throwable>> passthroughExceptions;

    /**
     * Creates a new appender.
     */
    public GecAppender() {
        setThreshold(Level.ERROR);
        passthroughExceptions = new HashSet<Class<? extends Throwable>>();
        passthroughExceptions.add(InvocationTargetException.class);
    }

    @Override
    protected void append(final LoggingEvent loggingEvent) {
        if (loggingEvent.getThrowableInformation() == null) {
            try {
                UUID uniqueId = UUID.randomUUID();
                writeFormattedException(loggingEvent.getRenderedMessage(),
                        new FileWriter(new File(outputDirectory, uniqueId.toString() + ".gec.json")));
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        } else {
            Throwable throwable = loggingEvent.getThrowableInformation().getThrowable();

            try {
                UUID uniqueId = UUID.randomUUID();
                writeFormattedException(loggingEvent.getRenderedMessage(), throwable,
                        new FileWriter(new File(outputDirectory, uniqueId.toString() + ".gec.json")));
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void close() {
    }

    @Override
    public boolean requiresLayout() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Writes the current context to the given JsonGenerator.
     * @param generator where to write the context
     * @throws IOException if there are IO errors in the destination
     */
    private void writeContext(final JsonGenerator generator) throws IOException {
        Map<String, String> context = GecContext.get();
        if (!context.isEmpty()) {
            generator.writeFieldName("context");
            generator.writeStartObject();
            for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : context.entrySet()) {
                generator.writeStringField(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
            }
            generator.writeEndObject();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Writes a formatted msg for errors that don't have exceptions.
     *
     * @param message the log message
     * @param out     the destination
     * @throws IOException if there are IO errors in the destination
     */
    void writeFormattedException(final String message, final Writer out) throws IOException {
        JsonGenerator generator = new JsonFactory().createJsonGenerator(out);

        String backtrace = ExceptionUtils.getFullStackTrace(new Exception());
        String[] lines = backtrace.split("\n");
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line : lines) {
            if (!line.contains("com.greplin.gec.GecAppender.")) {
                builder.append(line);
                builder.append("\n");
            }
        }
        backtrace = builder.toString();

        generator.writeStartObject();
        generator.writeStringField("project", project);
        generator.writeStringField("environment", environment);
        generator.writeStringField("serverName", serverName);
        generator.writeStringField("backtrace", backtrace);
        generator.writeStringField("message", message);
        generator.writeStringField("logMessage", message);
        generator.writeStringField("type", "N/A");
        writeContext(generator);
        generator.writeEndObject();
        generator.close();
    }

    /**
     * Writes a formatted exception to the given writer.
     *
     * @param message   the log message
     * @param throwable the exception
     * @param out       the destination
     * @throws IOException if there are IO errors in the destination
     */
    void writeFormattedException(final String message, final Throwable throwable, final Writer out)
            throws IOException {
        JsonGenerator generator = new JsonFactory().createJsonGenerator(out);

        Throwable rootThrowable = throwable;
        while (passthroughExceptions.contains(rootThrowable.getClass()) && rootThrowable.getCause() != null) {
            rootThrowable = rootThrowable.getCause();
        }

        generator.writeStartObject();
        generator.writeStringField("project", project);
        generator.writeStringField("environment", environment);
        generator.writeStringField("serverName", serverName);
        generator.writeStringField("backtrace", ExceptionUtils.getStackTrace(throwable));
        generator.writeStringField("message", rootThrowable.getMessage());
        generator.writeStringField("logMessage", message);
        generator.writeStringField("type", rootThrowable.getClass().getName());
        writeContext(generator);
        generator.writeEndObject();
        generator.close();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the environment.
     *
     * @param environment the new environment
     */
    public void setEnvironment(final String environment) {
        this.environment = environment;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the project.
     *
     * @param project the new project
     */
    public void setProject(final String project) {
        this.project = project;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the server name.
     *
     * @param serverName the new server name
     */
    public void setServerName(final String serverName) {
        this.serverName = serverName;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the output directory.
     *
     * @param outputDirectory the new output directory
     */
    public void setOutputDirectory(final String outputDirectory) {
        this.outputDirectory = outputDirectory;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a class that can be considered a container of exceptions only.
     *
     * @param exceptionClass the exception class
     */
    public void addPassthroughExceptionClass(final Class<? extends Throwable> exceptionClass) {
        passthroughExceptions.add(exceptionClass);
    }
}