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<h2 title="Class WriterAppender" class="title">Class WriterAppender</h2>
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<pre>public class <span class="typeNameLabel">WriterAppender</span>
extends <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">AppenderSkeleton</a></pre>
<div class="block">WriterAppender appends log events to a <code>Writer</code> or an
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<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected java.lang.String</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#encoding">encoding</a></span></code>
<div class="block">The encoding to use when writing.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#immediateFlush">immediateFlush</a></span></code>
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<div class="block">This is the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/helpers/QuietWriter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.helpers"><code>quietWriter</code></a> where we will write
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#WriterAppender--">WriterAppender</a></span>()</code>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#WriterAppender-org.apache.log4j.Layout-java.io.OutputStream-">WriterAppender</a></span>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</a>&nbsp;layout,
              java.io.OutputStream&nbsp;os)</code>
<div class="block">Instantiate a WriterAppender and set the output destination to a
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     as its <code>OutputStream</code>.</div>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#WriterAppender-org.apache.log4j.Layout-java.io.Writer-">WriterAppender</a></span>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/Layout.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j">Layout</a>&nbsp;layout,
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#activateOptions--">activateOptions</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Does nothing.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#append-org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent-">append</a></span>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/LoggingEvent.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.spi">LoggingEvent</a>&nbsp;event)</code>
<div class="block">This method is called by the <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/AppenderSkeleton.html#doAppend-org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent-"><code>AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)</code></a>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#checkEntryConditions--">checkEntryConditions</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">This method determines if there is a sense in attempting to append.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#close--">close</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Close this appender instance.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#closeWriter--">closeWriter</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Close the underlying <code>Writer</code>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected java.io.OutputStreamWriter</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#createWriter-java.io.OutputStream-">createWriter</a></span>(java.io.OutputStream&nbsp;os)</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#getImmediateFlush--">getImmediateFlush</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns value of the <b>ImmediateFlush</b> option.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#requiresLayout--">requiresLayout</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">The WriterAppender requires a layout.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#reset--">reset</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Clear internal references to the writer and other variables.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#setEncoding-java.lang.String-">setEncoding</a></span>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value)</code>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#setErrorHandler-org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler-">setErrorHandler</a></span>(<a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/spi/ErrorHandler.html" title="interface in org.apache.log4j.spi">ErrorHandler</a>&nbsp;eh)</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 WriterAppender and also the
     underlying <a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/helpers/QuietWriter.html" title="class in org.apache.log4j.helpers"><code>QuietWriter</code></a> if any.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#setImmediateFlush-boolean-">setImmediateFlush</a></span>(boolean&nbsp;value)</code>
<div class="block">If the <b>ImmediateFlush</b> option is set to
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     write. This is the default behavior. If the option is set to
     <code>false</code>, then the underlying stream can defer writing
     to physical medium to a later time.

     <p>Avoiding the flush operation at the end of each append results in
     a performance gain of 10 to 20 percent. However, there is safety
     tradeoff involved in skipping flushing. Indeed, when flushing is
     skipped, then it is likely that the last few log events will not
     be recorded on disk when the application exits. This is a high
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     <p>If the output stream exists and is writable then write a log
     statement to the output stream. Otherwise, write a single warning
     message to <code>System.err</code>.

     <p>The format of the output will depend on this appender's
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     there is a set layout. If these checks fail, then the boolean
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     <p>Closed appenders cannot be reused.</div>
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<dd>0.8.4</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../org/apache/log4j/WriterAppender.html#setWriter-java.io.Writer-"><code>setWriter(java.io.Writer)</code></a></dd>
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    specified Writer must be opened by the user and be
    writable.

    <p>The <code>java.io.Writer</code> will be closed when the
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    <p><b>WARNING:</b> Logging to an unopened Writer will fail.
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<div class="block">Actual writing occurs here.

     <p>Most subclasses of <code>WriterAppender</code> will need to
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<div class="block">Determines whether the writer should be flushed after
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