#region Apache License
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//
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// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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// contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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// The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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// the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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//
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// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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//
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// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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// limitations under the License.
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//
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#endregion
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using log4net.Filter;
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using log4net.Layout;
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using log4net.Core;
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namespace log4net.Appender
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Implement this interface for your own strategies for printing log statements.
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// Implementors should consider extending the <see cref="AppenderSkeleton"/>
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/// class which provides a default implementation of this interface.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// Appenders can also implement the <see cref="IOptionHandler"/> interface. Therefore
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/// they would require that the <see cref="IOptionHandler.ActivateOptions()"/> method
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/// be called after the appenders properties have been configured.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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/// <author>Nicko Cadell</author>
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/// <author>Gert Driesen</author>
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public interface IAppender
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Closes the appender and releases resources.
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// Releases any resources allocated within the appender such as file handles,
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/// network connections, etc.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// It is a programming error to append to a closed appender.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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void Close();
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/// <summary>
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/// Log the logging event in Appender specific way.
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/// </summary>
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/// <param name="loggingEvent">The event to log</param>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// This method is called to log a message into this appender.
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/// </para>
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/// </remarks>
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void DoAppend(LoggingEvent loggingEvent);
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/// <summary>
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/// Gets or sets the name of this appender.
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/// </summary>
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/// <value>The name of the appender.</value>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>The name uniquely identifies the appender.</para>
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/// </remarks>
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string Name { get; set; }
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}
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}
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