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# TextWriterAppender Methods

The methods of the TextWriterAppender class are listed below. For a complete list of TextWriterAppender class members, see the TextWriterAppender Members topic.

#### Public Instance Methods

ActivateOptions (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | 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

Append | Overloaded. This method is called by the DoAppend method.
CloseWriter | Closes the underlying TextWriter.
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.
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.
OnClose | Close this appender instance. The underlying stream or writer is also closed.
PreAppendCheck | This method determines if there is a sense in attempting to append.
PrepareWriter | Called to allow a subclass to lazily initialize the writer
RenderLoggingEvent (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Overloaded. Renders the LoggingEvent to a string.
Reset | Clears internal references to the underlying TextWriter and other variables.
WriteFooter | Writes a footer as produced by the embedded layout's Footer property.
WriteFooterAndCloseWriter | Writes the footer and closes the underlying TextWriter.
WriteHeader | Writes a header produced by the embedded layout's Header property.

#### See Also

TextWriterAppender Class | log4net.Appender Namespace