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# TraceAppender Methods

The methods of the TraceAppender class are listed below. For a complete list of TraceAppender class members, see the TraceAppender 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 (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Overloaded. Append a bulk array of logging events.
Append | Overloaded. Writes the logging event to the Trace system.
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 (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Is called when the appender is closed. Derived classes should override this method if resources need to be released.
PreAppendCheck (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Called before Append as a precondition.
RenderLoggingEvent (inherited from AppenderSkeleton) | Overloaded. Renders the LoggingEvent to a string.

#### See Also

TraceAppender Class | log4net.Appender Namespace