DO NOT REPLY [Bug 10185] New: - AsyncAppender.close() does not call close() on attached appenders

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AsyncAppender.close() does not call close() on attached appenders

           Summary: AsyncAppender.close() does not call close() on attached
                    appenders
           Product: Log4j
           Version: 1.2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Appender
        AssignedTo: log4j-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: pvoutier@hotmail.com


I sent a message to the log4j-dev mailing list, which Ceki replied to.

Here is his reply:

"You are correct to observe that AsyncAppender.close does not close 
embedded appenders. The rationale behind this behavior is that embedded
appenders might be attached somewhere else, so closing them when
AsyncAppender is closed would be somewhat heavy handed and possibly
incorrect.

This "foresightful" reasoning is doubtful because attaching the same
appender to more than one logger is often problematic and consequently
discouraged. It would much simpler if AsyncAppender.close also closed
embedded appenders.  I would appreciate if you could enter a
bug report so that the problem is not forgotten. (I admit its a
problem.)"

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