A Rhino management sub task for creating a log appender writing to a file opened in RW mode.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
appendername |
String |
Name of the appender to create. This name must be unique. |
Yes. |
filename |
String |
The file to write to |
Yes. |
append |
boolean |
Append to the file if true, otherwise clear the file on open. |
No. |
buffersize |
Integer |
The the size of the write buffer. Defults to 256kB |
No. |
immediateflush |
boolean |
Flush to disk after every message. Reduces the risk of data loss on system crash at the cost of performance. |
No. |
ignoreexceptions |
boolean |
Log exceptions thrown by this appender then ignore them. If set to false propagate to the caller (used to support selective appenders e.g. FailoverAppender). |
No. |
failonerror |
boolean |
Flag to control failure behaviour.
If 'true', the sub task will throw a |
No. Default value is taken from the Rhino management parent task. |
Element |
Description |
Required |
filter |
A filter to select events that will be reported by this appender. |
No. |
layout |
The layout to use to format log events. If no layout is supplied the default pattern layout of "%m%n" will be used. |
No. |
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This task will throw a
NonFatalBuildExceptionif the appender cannot be created, eg. an appender with the same name already exists.
