Ok. I'll remove it in my work on the database appenders.

On Apr 27, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Ralph Goers wrote:

> Sounds like I originally intended to use close but used stop instead.  If 
> close isn't being used then it can be removed.
> 
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> On Apr 27, 2013, at 4:46 AM, Nick Williams <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> While working on database appenders, I figured that the best place to 
>> "connect" is in Appender#start() and, likewise, the best place to 
>> "disconnect" is in Appender#stop(). However, then I noticed that 
>> AbstractAppender defines a close() method with the JavaDoc comment "Close 
>> the stream associated with the Appender." This could be read "Close the 
>> database connection associated with the Appender."
>> 
>> So, with that said, where should I close the connection? In stop() or in 
>> close()? The AbstractOutputStreamAppender closes the stream in stop() (which 
>> is what I originally expected) and never overrides close(). Since close() is 
>> not part of the Appender or Lifecycle interface, will it ever even be 
>> called? It's not called in the default start() implementation, and it's not 
>> overridden in any implementations.
>> 
>> These two are a little confusing. I recommend either JavaDoc clarification 
>> explaining the difference between the two, or simply removing close() (makes 
>> more sense to me).
>> 
>> Nick
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