This appender forwards logging events to attached appenders.
Inheritance Hierarchy
log4net.AppenderAppenderSkeleton
log4net.AppenderForwardingAppender
Namespace: log4net.Appender
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.8.0-.NET 4.0
Syntax
The ForwardingAppender type exposes the following members.
Constructors
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ForwardingAppender |
Initializes a new instance of the ForwardingAppender class.
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Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Appenders |
Gets the appenders contained in this appender as an
ICollection.
|
| ErrorHandler |
Gets or sets the IErrorHandler for this appender.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| FilterHead |
The filter chain.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| Layout |
Gets or sets the ILayout for this appender.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| Name |
Gets or sets the name of this appender.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
 | RequiresLayout |
Tests if this appender requires a Layout to be set.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| Threshold |
Gets or sets the threshold Level of this appender.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ActivateOptions |
Initialize the appender based on the options set
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| AddAppender |
Adds an IAppender to the list of appenders of this
instance.
|
| AddFilter |
Adds a filter to the end of the filter chain.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
 | Append(LoggingEvent) |
Forward the logging event to the attached appenders
(Overrides AppenderSkeletonAppend(LoggingEvent).) |
| Append(LoggingEvent) |
Forward the logging events to the attached appenders
(Overrides AppenderSkeletonAppend(LoggingEvent).) |
| ClearFilters |
Clears the filter list for this appender.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| Close |
Closes the appender and release resources.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| DoAppend(LoggingEvent) |
Performs threshold checks and invokes filters before
delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific
[M:Append(LoggingEvent)] method.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| DoAppend(LoggingEvent) |
Performs threshold checks and invokes filters before
delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific
[M:Append(LoggingEvent[])] method.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
| FilterEvent |
Test if the logging event should we output by this appender
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| Finalize |
Finalizes this appender by calling the implementation's
Close method.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| Flush |
Flushes any buffered log data.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| GetAppender |
Looks for the appender with the specified name.
|
| GetHashCode |
Serves as a hash function for a particular type.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType |
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| IsAsSevereAsThreshold |
Checks if the message level is below this appender's threshold.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| MemberwiseClone |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| OnClose |
Closes the appender and releases resources.
(Overrides AppenderSkeletonOnClose.) |
| PreAppendCheck |
Called before [M:Append(LoggingEvent)] as a precondition.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| RemoveAllAppenders |
Removes all previously added appenders from this appender.
|
| RemoveAppender(String) |
Removes the appender with the specified name from the list of appenders.
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| RemoveAppender(IAppender) |
Removes the specified appender from the list of appenders.
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| RenderLoggingEvent(LoggingEvent) |
Renders the LoggingEvent to a string.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| RenderLoggingEvent(TextWriter, LoggingEvent) |
Renders the LoggingEvent to a string.
(Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) |
| ToString | (Inherited from Object.) |
Remarks
The forwarding appender can be used to specify different thresholds and filters for the same appender at different locations within the hierarchy.
See Also