/// <summary>
/// Sends the contents of the buffer.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="buffer">The buffer containing the events that need to be send.</param>
/// <remarks>
/// The subclass must override either <see cref="SendBuffer(CyclicBuffer)"/>
/// or <see cref="SendBuffer(LoggingEvent[])"/>.
/// </remarks>
virtual protected void SendBuffer(CyclicBuffer buffer)
{
SendBuffer(buffer.PopAll());
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialise the appender based on the options set
/// </summary>
override public void ActivateOptions()
{
base.ActivateOptions();
// If the appender is in Lossy mode then we will
// only send the buffer when the Evaluator triggers
// therefore check we have an evaluator.
if (m_lossy && m_evaluator == null)
{
ErrorHandler.Error("Appender ["+Name+"] is Lossy but has no Evaluator. The buffer will never be sent!");
}
m_cb = new CyclicBuffer(m_bufferSize);
}