NLOG4J 1.2.24

org.apache.log4j.performance
Class NullAppender

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
      extended by org.apache.log4j.performance.NullAppender
All Implemented Interfaces:
Appender, OptionHandler

public class NullAppender
extends AppenderSkeleton

A bogus appender which calls the format method of its layout object but does not write the result anywhere.

The org.apache.log4j.performance.NullAppender class is intended for internal use only. Consequently, it is not included in the log4j.jar file.


Field Summary
static String s
           
 String t
           
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
closed, errorHandler, headFilter, layout, name, tailFilter, threshold
 
Constructor Summary
NullAppender()
           
NullAppender(Layout layout)
           
 
Method Summary
 void append(LoggingEvent event)
          Subclasses of AppenderSkeleton should implement this method to perform actual logging.
 void close()
          Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc.
 void doAppend(LoggingEvent event)
          This method performs threshold checks and invokes filters before delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific AppenderSkeleton.append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent) method.
 boolean requiresLayout()
          This is a bogus appender but it still uses a layout.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton
activateOptions, addFilter, clearFilters, finalize, getErrorHandler, getFilter, getFirstFilter, getLayout, getName, getThreshold, isAsSevereAsThreshold, setErrorHandler, setLayout, setName, setThreshold
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

s

public static String s

t

public String t
Constructor Detail

NullAppender

public NullAppender()

NullAppender

public NullAppender(Layout layout)
Method Detail

close

public void close()
Description copied from interface: Appender
Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles, network connections, etc.

It is a programming error to append to a closed appender.


doAppend

public void doAppend(LoggingEvent event)
Description copied from class: AppenderSkeleton
This method performs threshold checks and invokes filters before delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific AppenderSkeleton.append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent) method.

Specified by:
doAppend in interface Appender
Overrides:
doAppend in class AppenderSkeleton

append

public void append(LoggingEvent event)
Description copied from class: AppenderSkeleton
Subclasses of AppenderSkeleton should implement this method to perform actual logging. See also AppenderSkeleton.doAppend method.

Specified by:
append in class AppenderSkeleton

requiresLayout

public boolean requiresLayout()
This is a bogus appender but it still uses a layout.


NLOG4J 1.2.24

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