Sends logging events to a TextWriter.
            
Inheritance Hierarchy
log4net.AppenderAppenderSkeleton
log4net.AppenderTextWriterAppender
log4net.AppenderFileAppender
Namespace: log4net.Appender
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.8.0-.NET 4.0
Syntax
The TextWriterAppender type exposes the following members.
Constructors
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
|  | TextWriterAppender | 
            Initializes a new instance of the TextWriterAppender class.
             | 
|  | TextWriterAppender(ILayout, Stream) | Obsolete. 
            Initializes a new instance of the TextWriterAppender class and
            sets the output destination to a new StreamWriter initialized 
            with the specified Stream.
             | 
|  | TextWriterAppender(ILayout, TextWriter) | Obsolete. 
            Initializes a new instance of the TextWriterAppender class and sets
            the output destination to the specified StreamWriter.
             | 
Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
|  | ErrorHandler | 
            Gets or set the IErrorHandler and the underlying 
            QuietTextWriter, if any, for this appender. 
            (Overrides AppenderSkeletonErrorHandler.) | 
|  | FilterHead | 
            The filter chain.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | ImmediateFlush | 
            Gets or set whether the appender will flush at the end 
            of each append operation.
             | 
|  | Layout | 
            Gets or sets the ILayout for this appender.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | Name | 
            Gets or sets the name of this appender.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | QuietWriter | 
            Gets or sets the QuietTextWriter where logging events
            will be written to. 
             | 
|  | RequiresLayout | 
            This appender requires a log4net.Layout to be set.
            (Overrides AppenderSkeletonRequiresLayout.) | 
|  | Threshold | 
            Gets or sets the threshold Level of this appender.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | Writer | 
            Sets the TextWriter where the log output will go.
             | 
Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
|  | ActivateOptions | 
            Initialize the appender based on the options set
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | AddFilter | 
            Adds a filter to the end of the filter chain.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | Append(LoggingEvent) | 
            This method is called by the DoAppend(LoggingEvent)
            method. 
            (Overrides AppenderSkeletonAppend(LoggingEvent).) | 
|  | Append(LoggingEvent) | 
            This method is called by the DoAppend(LoggingEvent)
            method. 
            (Overrides AppenderSkeletonAppend(LoggingEvent).) | 
|  | ClearFilters | 
            Clears the filter list for this appender.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | Close | 
            Closes the appender and release resources.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | CloseWriter | 
            Closes the underlying TextWriter.
             | 
|  | 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.
            (Overrides AppenderSkeletonFlush(Int32).) | 
|  | 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 | 
            Close this appender instance. The underlying stream or writer is also closed.
            (Overrides AppenderSkeletonOnClose.) | 
|  | PreAppendCheck | 
            This method determines if there is a sense in attempting to append.
            (Overrides AppenderSkeletonPreAppendCheck.) | 
|  | PrepareWriter | 
            Called to allow a subclass to lazily initialize the writer
             | 
|  | RenderLoggingEvent(LoggingEvent) | 
            Renders the LoggingEvent to a string.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | RenderLoggingEvent(TextWriter, LoggingEvent) | 
            Renders the LoggingEvent to a string.
            (Inherited from AppenderSkeleton.) | 
|  | Reset | 
            Clears internal references to the underlying TextWriter 
            and other variables.
             | 
|  | ToString | (Inherited from Object.) | 
|  | WriteFooter | 
            Writes a footer as produced by the embedded layout's Footer property.
             | 
|  | WriteFooterAndCloseWriter | 
            Writes the footer and closes the underlying TextWriter.
             | 
|  | WriteHeader | 
            Writes a header produced by the embedded layout's Header property.
             | 
Remarks
An Appender that writes to a TextWriter.
This appender may be used stand alone if initialized with an appropriate writer, however it is typically used as a base class for an appender that can open a TextWriter to write to.
See Also