[syslog-ng] syslog to java

Hi, I've seen a lot of information on the web for logging from Log4j to syslog. I have a requirement to do the opposite; redirect syslog logs to a Java-based logging system. Does anyone have any ideas about how this could most effectively be accomplished? A production quality solution is required. Is a Java process reading from a named piped the best way to go about this? Thanks a lot for your help, Andrea