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package com.stackify.error.log4j12;

import org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton;
import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;

/**
 * Log4j appender that guards against reentering the same instance of the log4j appender
 * 
 * @author Eric Martin
 */
public abstract class NonReentrantAppender extends AppenderSkeleton {

	/**
	 * Guard against re-entering an appender from the same appender
	 */
	private boolean guard = false;
	
	/**
	 * @see org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton#append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)
	 */
	@Override
	protected synchronized void append(final LoggingEvent event) {
		
		if (guard) {
			return;
		}

		try {
			guard = true;
			subAppend(event);
		} finally {
			guard = false;
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Performs the logging of the event after the reentrant guard has been verified
	 * @param event The logging event
	 */
	protected abstract void subAppend(final LoggingEvent event);
}