RepeatMatchFilter

Use RepeatMatchFilter to discard a message if the message has already been logged by the appender.

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Syntax

</filter>

Syntax Description

name="AcceptOnMatch" value="TRUE | FALSE"

specifies whether to accept or deny the log event when the log event message is identical to the last message processed by the appender. Valid values are TRUE or FALSE:

TRUE: specifies to accept the log event.

FALSE: specifies to deny the log event.

Details

This filter compares only the last message processed by this appender with the current log event message.

As a best practice, you can use this filter as the first filter in appender filtering policies to discard repeated messages.

Example

The following filter definition does not accept log events if a log event message has already been logged by this appender:

<filter class="RepeatMatchFilter">
   <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="FALSE"/>
</filter>