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+# (C) Copyright 2016 PLUMgrid Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from broadviewpublisherbase import BroadViewPublisherBase
+
+# the Monasca serializer format is suitable for logging output,
+# so use it.
+
+from broadview_collector.serializers.bst_to_monasca import BSTToMonasca
+import json
+import syslog
+
+class BroadViewPublisher(BroadViewPublisherBase):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        syslog.openlog(ident="BroadView")
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        syslog.closelog()
+
+    def publish(self, data):
+        code = 200
+        success, sdata = BSTToMonasca().serialize(data)
+        sdata = json.loads(sdata)
+        if success:
+            for x in sdata:
+                syslog.syslog(json.dumps(x))
+        else:
+            code = 500
+        return code
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "BroadView syslog Publisher"
+