org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util

Class Closer

java.lang.Object

org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.Closer

public final class Closer
extends Object

Closes resources.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	close(AutoCloseable closeable) Closes an AutoCloseable or ignores if null.
static boolean	closeSilently(AutoCloseable closeable) Closes an AutoCloseable and returns true if it closed without exception.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

close

public static boolean close(AutoCloseable closeable)
                     throws Exception

Closes an AutoCloseable or ignores if null.

Parameters:

closeable - the resource to close; may be null

Returns:

Whether the resource was closed.

Throws:

Exception - if the resource cannot be closed

Since:

2.8, 2.11.2 returns a boolean instead of being a void return type.

closeSilently

public static boolean closeSilently(AutoCloseable closeable)

Closes an AutoCloseable and returns true if it closed without exception.

Parameters:

closeable - the resource to close; may be null

Returns:

true if resource was closed successfully, or false if an exception was thrown