ILoggingEvent

ILoggingEvent is an interface commonly found in logging frameworks, particularly within the Java ecosystem. It represents a single logging event that has occurred. This event encapsulates all the information necessary to describe and process a log message.

Key pieces of data typically associated with an ILoggingEvent include the log message itself, its severity level (such as DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR), the timestamp of when the event occurred, and the name of the logger that generated the event. Additionally, it often contains information about the thread that produced the log, the class where the logging call originated, and potentially any exception or throwable that accompanied the log.

The purpose of the ILoggingEvent interface is to provide a standardized way for logging frameworks to represent log data. This allows different components of the logging system, such as appenders (which handle outputting logs to various destinations like files, consoles, or databases) and filters (which decide whether a log event should be processed), to interact with log data in a consistent manner. By abstracting the details of log data into an interface, logging frameworks can offer flexibility and extensibility, enabling developers to customize how their applications log information.