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<pre>public interface <a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.27">Appender</a></pre>
<div class="block">Implement this interface for your own strategies for outputting log
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#addFilter(org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter)">addFilter</a></strong>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</a>&nbsp;newFilter)</code>
<div class="block">Add a filter to the end of the filter list.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#clearFilters()">clearFilters</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Clear the list of filters by removing all the filters in it.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#close()">close</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file
handles, network connections, etc.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#doAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)">doAppend</a></strong>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggingEvent</a>&nbsp;event)</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#getErrorHandler()">getErrorHandler</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><code>ErrorHandler</code></a> for this appender.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#getFilter()">getFilter</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the head Filter.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</a></code></td>
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<div class="block">Returns this appenders layout.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#getName()">getName</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Get the name of this appender.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#requiresLayout()">requiresLayout</a></strong>()</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#setErrorHandler(org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler)">setErrorHandler</a></strong>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</a>&nbsp;errorHandler)</code>
<div class="block">Set the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><code>ErrorHandler</code></a> for this appender.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#setLayout(org.apache.log4j.Layout)">setLayout</a></strong>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</a>&nbsp;layout)</code>
<div class="block">Set the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j"><code>Layout</code></a> for this appender.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#setName(java.lang.String)">setName</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/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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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.35">addFilter</a>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</a>&nbsp;newFilter)</pre>
<div class="block">Add a filter to the end of the filter list.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>newFilter</code> - The filter to add.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<pre><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">Filter</a>&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.44">getFilter</a>()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns the head Filter. The Filters are organized in a linked list
and so all Filters on this Appender are available through the result.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the head Filter or null, if no Filters are present</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.51">clearFilters</a>()</pre>
<div class="block">Clear the list of filters by removing all the filters in it.</div>
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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.62">close</a>()</pre>
<div class="block">Release any resources allocated within the appender such as file
handles, network connections, etc.
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It is a programming error to append to a closed appender.
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<dl><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.70">doAppend</a>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggingEvent</a>&nbsp;event)</pre>
<div class="block">Log in <code>Appender</code> specific way. When appropriate,
Loggers will call the <code>doAppend</code> method of appender
implementations in order to log.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>event</code> - The LoggingEvent.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Get the name of this appender.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>name, may be null.</dd></dl>
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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.87">setErrorHandler</a>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</a>&nbsp;errorHandler)</pre>
<div class="block">Set the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><code>ErrorHandler</code></a> for this appender.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>errorHandler</code> - The error handler.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<div class="block">Returns the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi"><code>ErrorHandler</code></a> for this appender.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>The error handler.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.103">setLayout</a>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</a>&nbsp;layout)</pre>
<div class="block">Set the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j"><code>Layout</code></a> for this appender.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>layout</code> - The Layout.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<div class="block">Returns this appenders layout.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the Layout.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.121">setName</a>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;name)</pre>
<div class="block">Set the name of this appender. The name is used by other
components to identify this appender.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>name</code> - The appender name.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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<pre>boolean&nbsp;<a href="../../../src-html/org/apache/log4j/Appender.html#line.141">requiresLayout</a>()</pre>
<div class="block">Configurators call this method to determine if the appender
requires a layout. If this method returns <code>true</code>,
meaning that layout is required, then the configurator will
configure an layout using the configuration information at its
disposal. If this method returns <code>false</code>, meaning that
a layout is not required, then layout configuration will be
skipped even if there is available layout configuration
information at the disposal of the configurator..
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In the rather exceptional case, where the appender
implementation admits a layout but can also work without it, then
the appender should return <code>true</code>.
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<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>true if a Layout is required.</dd><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
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