feat: add writeSynchronicity flag to appender configuration (#542)

* feat: add support for write synchronicity config

add new adapter configuration to allow setting writeSynchronicity

* chore: set default value and remove debug output

remove debug prints
add option description into class javadoc
setup default value of the instance

* chore: remove async testing from samples

* chore: change type of writeSynchronicity to enum

src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/logback/LoggingAppender.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.logging.MonitoredResourceUtil;
 import com.google.cloud.logging.Payload;
 import com.google.cloud.logging.Severity;
+import com.google.cloud.logging.Synchronicity;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -63,8 +64,12 @@
  *         <!-- Optional: defaults to "ERROR" -->
  *         <flushLevel>WARNING</flushLevel>
  *
+ *         <!-- Optional: defaults to ASYNC -->
+ *         <writeSynchronicity>SYNC</writeSynchronicity>
+ *
  *         &lt;!-- Optional: auto detects on App Engine Flex, Standard, GCE and GKE, defaults to "global". See <a
- *         href="https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/api/v2/resource-list">supported resource types</a> --&gt;
+ *         href=
+ * "https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/api/v2/resource-list">supported resource types</a> --&gt;
  *         &lt;resourceType&gt;&lt;/resourceType&gt;
  *
  *         &lt;!-- Optional: defaults to the default credentials of the environment --&gt;
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ public class LoggingAppender extends UnsynchronizedAppenderBase<ILoggingEvent> {
   private String log;
   private String resourceType;
   private String credentialsFile;
+  private Synchronicity writeSyncFlag = Synchronicity.ASYNC;
   private final Set<String> enhancerClassNames = new HashSet<>();
   private final Set<String> loggingEventEnhancerClassNames = new HashSet<>();
 
@@ -122,8 +128,9 @@ public void setLog(String log) {
   /**
    * Sets the name of the monitored resource (Optional).
    *
-   * <p>Must be a <a href="https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/api/v2/resource-list">supported</a>
-   * resource type. gae_app, gce_instance and container are auto-detected.
+   * <p>Must be a <a href=
+   * "https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/api/v2/resource-list">supported</a> resource type.
+   * gae_app, gce_instance and container are auto-detected.
    *
    * <p>Defaults to "global"
    *
@@ -144,6 +151,15 @@ public void setCredentialsFile(String credentialsFile) {
     this.credentialsFile = credentialsFile;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Define synchronization mode for writing log entries.
+   *
+   * @param flag to set {@code Synchronicity} value.
+   */
+  public void setWriteSynchronicity(Synchronicity flag) {
+    this.writeSyncFlag = flag;
+  }
+
   /** Add extra labels using classes that implement {@link LoggingEnhancer}. */
   public void addEnhancer(String enhancerClassName) {
     this.enhancerClassNames.add(enhancerClassName);
@@ -161,6 +177,10 @@ String getLogName() {
     return (log != null) ? log : "java.log";
   }
 
+  public Synchronicity getWriteSynchronicity() {
+    return (this.writeSyncFlag != null) ? this.writeSyncFlag : Synchronicity.ASYNC;
+  }
+
   MonitoredResource getMonitoredResource(String projectId) {
     return MonitoredResourceUtil.getResource(projectId, resourceType);
   }
@@ -253,6 +273,7 @@ Logging getLogging() {
       synchronized (this) {
         if (logging == null) {
           logging = getLoggingOptions().getService();
+          logging.setWriteSynchronicity(writeSyncFlag);
         }
       }
     }