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# Hierarchy Methods

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

#### Public Instance Methods

AddRenderer (inherited from LoggerRepositorySkeleton) | Adds an object renderer for a specific class.
Clear | Clear all logger definitions from the internal hashtable
Equals (inherited from Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
Exists | Test if a logger exists
GetAppenders | Returns all the Appenders that are currently configured
GetCurrentLoggers | Returns all the currently defined loggers in the hierarchy as an Array
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.
GetLogger | Overloaded. Return a new logger instance named as the first parameter using the default factory.
GetType (inherited from Object) | Gets the Type of the current instance.
IsDisabled | Test if this hierarchy is disabled for the specified Level.
Log | Log the logEvent through this hierarchy.
RaiseConfigurationChanged (inherited from LoggerRepositorySkeleton) | Raise a configuration changed event on this repository
ResetConfiguration | Reset all values contained in this hierarchy instance to their default.
Shutdown | Shutting down a hierarchy will safely close and remove all appenders in all loggers including the root logger.
ToString (inherited from Object) | Returns a String that represents the current Object.

#### Protected Instance Methods

BasicRepositoryConfigure | Initialize the log4net system using the specified appender
Finalize (inherited from Object) | Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
OnConfigurationChanged (inherited from LoggerRepositorySkeleton) | Notify the registered listeners that the repository has had its configuration changed
OnConfigurationReset (inherited from LoggerRepositorySkeleton) | Notify the registered listeners that the repository has had its configuration reset
OnLoggerCreationEvent | Sends a logger creation event to all registered listeners
OnShutdown (inherited from LoggerRepositorySkeleton) | Notify the registered listeners that the repository is shutting down
XmlRepositoryConfigure | Initialize the log4net system using the specified config

#### See Also

Hierarchy Class | log4net.Repository.Hierarchy Namespace