Constructor Detail

• NullAppender

  public NullAppender()

Method Detail

• activateOptions

  public void activateOptions()

  There are no options to acticate.

  Specified by:

  activateOptions in interface OptionHandler

  Overrides:

  activateOptions in class AppenderSkeleton

• getInstance

  public NullAppender getInstance()

  Deprecated.

  Use getNullAppender instead. getInstance should have been static.
  Whenever you can, use this method to retreive an instance instead of instantiating a new one with new.

• getNullAppender

  public static NullAppender getNullAppender()

  Whenever you can, use this method to retreive an instance instead of instantiating a new one with new.

• 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)

  Does not do anything.

  Specified by:

  doAppend in interface Appender

  Overrides:

  doAppend in class AppenderSkeleton

• append

  protected void append​(LoggingEvent event)

  Does not do anything.

  Specified by:

  append in class AppenderSkeleton

• requiresLayout

  public boolean requiresLayout()

  NullAppenders do not need a layout.