Log Aggregation System
Log aggregation is a crucial component of many software systems, allowing centralized collection, storage, and analysis of log data from various sources. This challenge asks you to implement a simplified log aggregation system in Python that collects log messages from multiple simulated sources and aggregates them into a single, sorted output. This is useful for debugging, monitoring, and auditing purposes.
Problem Description
You are tasked with building a Python script that simulates a log aggregation system. The system receives log messages from multiple sources (simulated by lists of strings). Your script should:
- Collect Logs: Accept a list of lists, where each inner list represents log messages from a single source.
- Aggregate Logs: Combine all log messages from all sources into a single list.
- Sort Logs: Sort the aggregated list of log messages chronologically (lexicographically, as timestamps are not provided).
- Output Logs: Print the sorted list of log messages to the console, one message per line.
Key Requirements:
- The input will always be a list of lists of strings.
- Each string in the inner lists represents a single log message.
- The sorting should be stable (i.e., messages from the same source should maintain their original order relative to each other).
- The system should handle empty input lists gracefully.
Expected Behavior:
The script should take a list of lists of log messages as input, aggregate them, sort them, and print the sorted log messages to the console.
Edge Cases to Consider:
- Empty input list (no sources).
- Empty inner lists (sources with no log messages).
- Duplicate log messages.
- Log messages of varying lengths.
Examples
Example 1:
Input: [["log1", "log2"], ["log3", "log4", "log5"]]
Output:
log1
log2
log3
log4
log5
Explanation: The log messages are aggregated and sorted alphabetically.
Example 2:
Input: [["log4", "log1"], ["log2", "log3"]]
Output:
log1
log2
log3
log4
Explanation: The log messages are aggregated and sorted alphabetically. The original order within each source is not preserved.
Example 3: (Edge Case - Empty Input)
Input: []
Output:
Explanation: No log messages to process, so nothing is printed.
Example 4: (Edge Case - Empty Inner Lists)
Input: [[], ["log1"], []]
Output:
log1
Explanation: Empty inner lists are ignored.
Constraints
- The number of sources (inner lists) will be between 0 and 100.
- The number of log messages per source (inner list) will be between 0 and 1000.
- Each log message (string) will have a maximum length of 256 characters.
- The script should complete within 1 second for the given constraints.
- Input will consist of strings only.
Notes
- Consider using Python's built-in sorting capabilities for efficiency.
- Think about how to handle the aggregation and sorting steps in a clear and concise manner.
- While timestamps are not provided, lexicographical sorting will serve as a proxy for chronological order in this simplified scenario.
- Focus on correctness and readability. Efficiency is important, but not at the expense of code clarity.