Untested buffer flush support

lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 require "logstash/outputs/base"
 require "logstash/namespace"
+require "stud/buffer"
 
 class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
+  # Adds buffer support
+  include Stud::Buffer
 
   config_name "jdbc"
   milestone 1
@@ -16,6 +19,24 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
   # [ "insert into table (message) values(?)", "%{message}" ] 
   config :statement, :validate => :array, :required => true
 
+  # This plugin uses the bulk index api for improved performance.
+  # To make efficient bulk insert calls, we will buffer a certain number of
+  # events before flushing that out to SQL. This setting
+  # controls how many events will be buffered before sending a batch
+  # of events.
+  config :flush_size, :validate => :number, :default => 1000
+
+  # The amount of time since last flush before a flush is forced.
+  #
+  # This setting helps ensure slow event rates don't get stuck in Logstash.
+  # For example, if your `flush_size` is 100, and you have received 10 events,
+  # and it has been more than `idle_flush_time` seconds since the last flush,
+  # Logstash will flush those 10 events automatically.
+  #
+  # This helps keep both fast and slow log streams moving along in
+  # a timely manner.
+  config :idle_flush_time, :validate => :number, :default => 1
+  
   public
   def register
     @logger.info("Starting up JDBC")
@@ -34,26 +55,52 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
     @connection = driver.connect(@connection_string, java.util.Properties.new)
 
     @logger.debug("JDBC", :driver => driver, :connection => @connection)
+
+    if (@flush_size > 1000)
+      @logger.warn("JDBC - flush size is set to > 1000. May have performance penalties, depending on your SQL engine.")
+    end
+
+    buffer_initialize(
+      :max_items => @flush_size,
+      :max_interval => @idle_flush_time,
+      :logger => @logger
+    )
   end
 
   def receive(event)
     return unless output?(event)
     return unless @statement.length > 0
 
-    statement = @connection.prepareStatement(@statement[0])
-    @statement[1..-1].each_with_index { |i, idx| statement.setString(idx + 1, event.sprintf(i)) } if @statement.length > 1
+    buffer_receive(event)
+  end
 
-    @logger.debug("Sending SQL to server", :event => event, :sql => statement.toString())
+  def flush(events, teardown=false)
+    statement = @connection.prepareStatement(@statement[0])
+    
+    events.each do |event|
+      @statement[1..-1].each_with_index { |i, idx| statement.setString(idx + 1, event.sprintf(i)) } if @statement.length > 1
+      statement.addBatch()
+    end
 
     begin
-      statement.executeUpdate()
+      @logger.debug("Sending SQL to server", :event => event, :sql => statement.toString())      
+      statement.executeBatch()
     rescue Exception => e
       @logger.error("JDBC Exception", :exception => e)
+
+      # Raising an exception will incur a retry from Stud::Buffer.
+      # Since the exceutebatch failed this should mean any events failed to be
+      # inserted will be re-run.
+      # We're only capturing the exception so we can pass it to the logger, log
+      # it and then re-raise it.
+      raise Exception.new("JDBC - Flush failed - #{e.message}")
     end
+
     statement.close()
   end
 
   def teardown
+    buffer_flush(:final => true)
     @connection.close()
     super
   end