Sorry, that was what I meant. Ralph
> On Jan 13, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > IMO a RuntimeException subclass is appropriate while RuntimeException > should not be used. > > Gary > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Your appender is automatically wrapped by an AppenderControl object. The >> AppenderControl will inspect the ignoreExceptions flag so your Appender >> does not have to. Your Appender should just throw a RuntimeException if it >> encounters a problem. >> >> Ralph >> >>> On Jan 13, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Nicholas Duane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I'm new to java so maybe this should be an obvious question to most java >> developers. If I'm trying to override the append() method but also throw >> exceptions, how is that done? >>> >>> I'm asking because I assume my append method's outermost catch block is >> to inspect the ignoreExceptions flag and either bubble up the exception if >> ignoreExceptions is false or eat the exception otherwise, most likely just >> logging an event. Is that true? If so, then how do I accomplish that? I >> tried coding it as I mentioned above (actually someone else did it for me), >> but the compiler I guess was complaining about the throw needing to be in a >> catch block, I assume because the append() method is not defined to throw >> exceptions. >>> >>> In addition, looking at what I think was source for one of your >> appenders at: >>> >>> >> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=logging-log4j2.git;a=blob;f=log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/AbstractOutputStreamAppender.java;h=9a4cfde83194c866c30c4687e9f4ebb19cb20a17;hb=75d33d96ac00356014cf11f8ad9e8c6ead4db37a >>> >>> Why does it always throw an exception in the catch block instead of >> checking the state of the ignoreExceptions flag? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nick >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
