metasploit-framework/lib/rex/logging/log_sink.rb

require 'rex/constants'

module Rex
module Logging

###
#
# This abstract interface is what must be implemented by any class
# that would like to register as a log sink on a given LogDispatcher
# instance, such as the Framework object.
#
###
module LogSink

	def cleanup
	end

	#
	# This method must be implemented by any derived log sink classes and is
	# intended to take the supplied parameters and persist them to an arbitrary
	# medium.
	#
	def log(sev, src, level, msg, from)
		raise NotImplementedError
	end

protected

	#
	# This method returns the current timestamp in MM/DD/YYYY HH:Mi:SS format.
	#
	def get_current_timestamp
		return Time.now.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
	end

end

end
end