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package org.apache.log4j.builders.appender;

import org.apache.log4j.Appender;
import org.apache.log4j.bridge.AppenderWrapper;
import org.apache.log4j.config.PropertiesConfiguration;
import org.apache.log4j.xml.XmlConfiguration;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.NullAppender;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import java.util.Properties;

import static org.apache.log4j.builders.BuilderManager.CATEGORY;

/**
 * Build a Null Appender
 */
@Plugin(name = "org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender", category = CATEGORY)
public class NullAppenderBuilder implements AppenderBuilder {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = StatusLogger.getLogger();

    @Override
    public Appender parseAppender(Element appenderElement, XmlConfiguration config) {
        String name = appenderElement.getAttribute("name");
        return new AppenderWrapper(NullAppender.createAppender(name));
    }


    @Override
    public Appender parseAppender(final String name, final String appenderPrefix, final String layoutPrefix,
            final String filterPrefix, final Properties props, final PropertiesConfiguration configuration) {
        return new AppenderWrapper(NullAppender.createAppender(name));
    }
}

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