/** * Stop this appender instance. The underlying stream or writer is also closed. * * <p>Stopped appenders cannot be reused. */ public void stop() { lock.lock(); try { closeOutputStream(); super.stop(); } finally { lock.unlock(); } }
/** * Checks that requires parameters are set and if everything is in order, activates this appender. */ public void start() { int errors = 0; if (this.encoder == null) { addStatus(new ErrorStatus("No encoder set for the appender named \"" + name + "\".", this)); errors++; } if (this.outputStream == null) { addStatus( new ErrorStatus("No output stream set for the appender named \"" + name + "\".", this)); errors++; } // only error free appenders should be activated if (errors == 0) { super.start(); } }