The methods of the RollingFileAppender class are listed below. For a complete list of RollingFileAppender class members, see the RollingFileAppender Members topic.
Public Instance Methods
 ActivateOptions | Initialize the appender based on the options set |
| AddFilter (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Adds a filter to the end of the filter chain. |
| ClearFilters (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Clears the filter list for this appender. |
| Close (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Closes the appender and release resources. |
| DoAppend (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Overloaded. Performs threshold checks and invokes filters before delegating actual logging to the subclasses specific Append method. |
| Equals (inherited from Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. |
| GetHashCode (inherited from Object) | Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. |
| GetType (inherited from Object) | Gets the Type of the current instance. |
| ToString (inherited from Object) | Returns a String that represents the current Object. |
Protected Instance Methods
 AdjustFileBeforeAppend | Performs any required rolling before outputting the next event |
| Append | Overloaded. Write out an array of logging events. |
| CloseFile (inherited from FileAppender) | Closes the previously opened file. |
| CloseWriter (inherited from FileAppender) | Closes the underlying TextWriter. |
| DeleteFile | Deletes the specified file if it exists. |
| ExistingInit | Initializes based on existing conditions at time of ActivateOptions. |
| FileExists | Test if a file exists at a specified path |
| FilterEvent (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Test if the logging event should we output by this appender |
| Finalize (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Finalizes this appender by calling the implementation's Close method. |
| GetNextOutputFileName | Get the current output file name |
| IsAsSevereAsThreshold (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Checks if the message level is below this appender's threshold. |
| MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. |
| NextCheckDate | Get the start time of the next window for the current rollpoint |
| OnClose (inherited from TextWriterAppender) | Close this appender instance. The underlying stream or writer is also closed. |
| OpenFile | Creates and opens the file for logging. If StaticLogFileName is false then the fully qualified name is determined and used. |
| PreAppendCheck (inherited from TextWriterAppender) | This method determines if there is a sense in attempting to append. |
| PrepareWriter (inherited from FileAppender) | Called to initialize the file writer |
| RenderLoggingEvent (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Overloaded. Renders the LoggingEvent to a string. |
| Reset (inherited from FileAppender) | Closes any previously opened file and calls the parent's Reset. |
| RollFile | Renames file fromFile to file toFile. |
| RollOverRenameFiles | Implements file roll. |
| RollOverSize | Implements file roll base on file size. |
| RollOverTime | Rollover the file(s) to date/time tagged file(s). |
| SafeOpenFile (inherited from FileAppender) | Sets and opens the file where the log output will go. The specified file must be writable. |
| SetQWForFiles | Overloaded. Sets the quiet writer being used. |
| SetQWForFiles (inherited from FileAppender) | Overloaded. Sets the quiet writer being used. |
| WriteFooter (inherited from FileAppender) | Writes a footer as produced by the embedded layout's Footer property. |
| WriteFooterAndCloseWriter (inherited from TextWriterAppender) | Writes the footer and closes the underlying TextWriter. |
| WriteHeader (inherited from FileAppender) | Writes a header produced by the embedded layout's Header property. |
See Also
RollingFileAppender Class | log4net.Appender Namespace