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Class AppenderSkeleton</H2>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/OptionHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">OptionHandler</A></DD>
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<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AsyncAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">AsyncAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/jdbc/JDBCAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.jdbc">JDBCAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/net/JMSAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.net">JMSAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/lf5/LF5Appender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.lf5">LF5Appender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/nt/NTEventLogAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.nt">NTEventLogAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/varia/NullAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.varia">NullAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/rewrite/RewriteAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.rewrite">RewriteAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/net/SMTPAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.net">SMTPAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/net/SocketAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.net">SocketAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/net/SocketHubAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.net">SocketHubAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/net/SyslogAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.net">SyslogAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/net/TelnetAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.net">TelnetAppender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">WriterAppender</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public abstract class <B>AppenderSkeleton</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/OptionHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">OptionHandler</A></DL>
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Abstract superclass of the other appenders in the package.
This class provides the code for common functionality, such as
support for threshold filtering and support for general filters.
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.8.1</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD>Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;</DD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#closed">closed</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is this appender closed?</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#errorHandler">errorHandler</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is assumed and enforced that errorHandler is never null.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#headFilter">headFilter</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The first filter in the filter chain.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#layout">layout</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The layout variable does not need to be set if the appender
implementation has its own layout.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#name">name</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Appenders are named.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#tailFilter">tailFilter</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The last filter in the filter chain.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#threshold">threshold</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no level threshold filtering by default.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#AppenderSkeleton()">AppenderSkeleton</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create new instance.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#AppenderSkeleton(boolean)">AppenderSkeleton</A></B>(boolean&nbsp;isActive)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create new instance.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#activateOptions()">activateOptions</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Derived appenders should override this method if option structure
requires it.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#addFilter(org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter)">addFilter</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A>&nbsp;newFilter)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Add a filter to end of the filter list.</TD>
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<CODE>protected abstract &nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)">append</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggingEvent</A>&nbsp;event)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subclasses of <code>AppenderSkeleton</code> should implement this
method to perform actual logging.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#clearFilters()">clearFilters</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clear the filters chain.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#doAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)">doAppend</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggingEvent</A>&nbsp;event)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This method performs threshold checks and invokes filters before
delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)"><CODE>append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)</CODE></A> method.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#finalize()">finalize</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finalize this appender by calling the derived class'
<code>close</code> method.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#getErrorHandler()">getErrorHandler</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the currently set <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><CODE>ErrorHandler</CODE></A> for this
Appender.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#getFilter()">getFilter</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the head Filter.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#getFirstFilter()">getFirstFilter</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the first filter in the filter chain for this
Appender.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#getLayout()">getLayout</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the layout of this appender.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#getName()">getName</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the name of this appender.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#getThreshold()">getThreshold</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns this appenders threshold level.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#isAsSevereAsThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Priority)">isAsSevereAsThreshold</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A>&nbsp;priority)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Check whether the message level is below the appender's
threshold.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#setErrorHandler(org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler)">setErrorHandler</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</A>&nbsp;eh)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set the <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><CODE>ErrorHandler</CODE></A> for this Appender.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#setLayout(org.apache.log4j.Layout)">setLayout</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</A>&nbsp;layout)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set the layout for this appender.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#setName(java.lang.String)">setName</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>&nbsp;name)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set the name of this Appender.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#setThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Priority)">setThreshold</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A>&nbsp;threshold)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set the threshold level.</TD>
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<A NAME="layout"><!-- --></A><H3>
layout</H3>
<PRE>
protected <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</A> <B>layout</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The layout variable does not need to be set if the appender
implementation has its own layout.
<P>
<DL>
</DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="name"><!-- --></A><H3>
name</H3>
<PRE>
protected <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>name</B></PRE>
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<DD>Appenders are named.
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<A NAME="threshold"><!-- --></A><H3>
threshold</H3>
<PRE>
protected <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A> <B>threshold</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>There is no level threshold filtering by default.
<P>
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</DL>
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errorHandler</H3>
<PRE>
protected <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</A> <B>errorHandler</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>It is assumed and enforced that errorHandler is never null.
<P>
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</DL>
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<A NAME="headFilter"><!-- --></A><H3>
headFilter</H3>
<PRE>
protected <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A> <B>headFilter</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The first filter in the filter chain. Set to <code>null</code>
initially.
<P>
<DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="tailFilter"><!-- --></A><H3>
tailFilter</H3>
<PRE>
protected <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A> <B>tailFilter</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The last filter in the filter chain.
<P>
<DL>
</DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="closed"><!-- --></A><H3>
closed</H3>
<PRE>
protected boolean <B>closed</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Is this appender closed?
<P>
<DL>
</DL>
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AppenderSkeleton</H3>
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public <B>AppenderSkeleton</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create new instance.
<P>
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AppenderSkeleton</H3>
<PRE>
protected <B>AppenderSkeleton</B>(boolean&nbsp;isActive)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create new instance.
Provided for compatibility with log4j 1.3.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>isActive</CODE> - true if appender is ready for use upon construction.
Not used in log4j 1.2.x.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>1.2.15</DD>
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<A NAME="activateOptions()"><!-- --></A><H3>
activateOptions</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>activateOptions</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Derived appenders should override this method if option structure
requires it.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/OptionHandler.html#activateOptions()">activateOptions</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/OptionHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">OptionHandler</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
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<A NAME="addFilter(org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter)"><!-- --></A><H3>
addFilter</H3>
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public void <B>addFilter</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A>&nbsp;newFilter)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Add a filter to end of the filter list.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#addFilter(org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter)">addFilter</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.9.0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
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protected abstract void <B>append</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggingEvent</A>&nbsp;event)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Subclasses of <code>AppenderSkeleton</code> should implement this
method to perform actual logging. See also <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#doAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)"><CODE>AppenderSkeleton.doAppend</CODE></A> method.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.9.0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
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clearFilters</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>clearFilters</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Clear the filters chain.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#clearFilters()">clearFilters</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.9.0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="finalize()"><!-- --></A><H3>
finalize</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>finalize</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Finalize this appender by calling the derived class'
<code>close</code> method.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.8.4</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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getErrorHandler</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</A> <B>getErrorHandler</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Return the currently set <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><CODE>ErrorHandler</CODE></A> for this
Appender.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#getErrorHandler()">getErrorHandler</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.9.0</DD>
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<A NAME="getFilter()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFilter</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A> <B>getFilter</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the head Filter.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#getFilter()">getFilter</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the head Filter or null, if no Filters are present<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>1.1</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getFirstFilter()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFirstFilter</H3>
<PRE>
public final <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</A> <B>getFirstFilter</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Return the first filter in the filter chain for this
Appender. The return value may be <code>null</code> if no is
filter is set.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
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getLayout</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</A> <B>getLayout</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the layout of this appender. The value may be null.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#getLayout()">getLayout</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
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<DD><DL>
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getName</H3>
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public final <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>getName</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the name of this appender.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#getName()">getName</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>name, may be null.</DL>
</DD>
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getThreshold</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A> <B>getThreshold</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns this appenders threshold level. See the <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#setThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Priority)"><CODE>setThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Priority)</CODE></A> method for the meaning of this option.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>1.1</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="isAsSevereAsThreshold(org.apache.log4j.Priority)"><!-- --></A><H3>
isAsSevereAsThreshold</H3>
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public boolean <B>isAsSevereAsThreshold</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A>&nbsp;priority)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Check whether the message level is below the appender's
threshold. If there is no threshold set, then the return value is
always <code>true</code>.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
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doAppend</H3>
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public void <B>doAppend</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggingEvent</A>&nbsp;event)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This method performs threshold checks and invokes filters before
delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)"><CODE>append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)</CODE></A> method.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#doAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)">doAppend</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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setErrorHandler</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setErrorHandler</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</A>&nbsp;eh)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the <A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><CODE>ErrorHandler</CODE></A> for this Appender.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#setErrorHandler(org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler)">setErrorHandler</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.9.0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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setLayout</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setLayout</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</A>&nbsp;layout)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the layout for this appender. Note that some appenders have
their own (fixed) layouts or do not use one. For example, the
<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/net/SocketAppender.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.net"><CODE>SocketAppender</CODE></A> ignores the layout set
here.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#setLayout(org.apache.log4j.Layout)">setLayout</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="setName(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setName</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setName</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>&nbsp;name)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the name of this Appender.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#setName(java.lang.String)">setName</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j">Appender</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
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setThreshold</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setThreshold</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/log4j/Priority.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Priority</A>&nbsp;threshold)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the threshold level. All log events with lower level
than the threshold level are ignored by the appender.
<p>In configuration files this option is specified by setting the
value of the <b>Threshold</b> option to a level
string, such as "DEBUG", "INFO" and so on.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.8.3</DD>
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