log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/test/appender/AlwaysFailAppender.java

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package org.apache.logging.log4j.test.appender;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LoggingException;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Appender;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractAppender;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins.Plugin;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins.PluginAttribute;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins.PluginFactory;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins.validation.constraints.Required;

/**
 *
 */
@Plugin(name="AlwaysFail", category ="Core", elementType=Appender.ELEMENT_TYPE, printObject=true)
public class AlwaysFailAppender extends AbstractAppender {

    private AlwaysFailAppender(final String name) {
        super(name, null, null, false, null);
    }

    @Override
    public void append(final LogEvent event) {
        throw new LoggingException("Always fail");
    }

    @PluginFactory
    public static AlwaysFailAppender createAppender(
        @PluginAttribute @Required(message = "A name for the Appender must be specified") final String name) {
        return new AlwaysFailAppender(name);
    }

}