Apache Log4j provides the interface that applications should code to and provides the adapter components required for implementers to create a logging implementation.

Bytecode (Java 1.4) for Apache Log4j is provided in a JAR file like log4j-1.2.17.jar.

Source Code files for Apache Log4j are provided in both binary packge like log4j-1.2.17.zip and source package like log4j-1.2.17-sources.zip. You can download them at Apache Log4j Website.

You can also browse Source Code files for Apache Log4j 1.2.17 below.

⏎ org/apache/log4j/helpers/QuietWriter.java

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package org.apache.log4j.helpers;

import java.io.Writer;
import java.io.FilterWriter;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorCode;


/**
   QuietWriter does not throw exceptions when things go
   wrong. Instead, it delegates error handling to its {@link ErrorHandler}. 

   @author Ceki Gülcü

   @since 0.7.3
*/
public class QuietWriter extends FilterWriter {

  protected ErrorHandler errorHandler;

  public
  QuietWriter(Writer writer, ErrorHandler errorHandler) {
    super(writer);
    setErrorHandler(errorHandler);
  }

  public
  void write(String string) {
    if (string != null) {
    	try {
      		out.write(string);
    	} catch(Exception e) {
      		errorHandler.error("Failed to write ["+string+"].", e, 
			 	ErrorCode.WRITE_FAILURE);
	    }
    }
  }

  public
  void flush() {
    try {
      out.flush();
    } catch(Exception e) {
      errorHandler.error("Failed to flush writer,", e, 
			 ErrorCode.FLUSH_FAILURE);
    }	
  }


  public
  void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh) {
    if(eh == null) {
      // This is a programming error on the part of the enclosing appender.
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Attempted to set null ErrorHandler.");
    } else { 
      this.errorHandler = eh;
    }
  }
}

⏎ org/apache/log4j/helpers/QuietWriter.java

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File name: log4j-1.2.17-sources.jar
File size: 481200 bytes
Release date: 2012-05-06
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