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[#org_apache_logging_log4j_core_appender_NullAppender]
= Null

Class:: `org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.NullAppender`
Provider:: `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core`


An Appender that ignores log events.

Use for compatibility with version 1.2 and handy for composing a apiref:ScriptAppenderSelector[].

[#org_apache_logging_log4j_core_appender_NullAppender-XML-snippet]
== XML snippet
[source, xml]
----
<Null name=""/>
----

[#org_apache_logging_log4j_core_appender_NullAppender-attributes]
== Attributes

Optional attributes are denoted by `?`-suffixed types.

[cols="1m,1m,1m,5"]
|===
|Name|Type|Default|Description

|name
|String?
|
a|

|===