/// <summary>
        /// Add the specifed string item to the <c>Request.Items</c> collection if it is not empty.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request">The <see cref="PutItemRequest"/>.</param>
        /// <param name="logItem">The log item.</param>
        /// <returns>Chainable reference to the original request.</returns>
        protected virtual PutItemRequest AddToItemsIfNotNullOrEmpty(PutItemRequest request, object logItem)
        {
            request.CheckNull("request");

            if (null != logItem && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(logItem.ToString()))
            {
                DynamoDbAttributeBuilder builder = new DynamoDbAttributeBuilder();
                switch (Type)
                {
                case ParameterType.B:
                    request.Item.Add(Name, builder.BuildAttributeForTypeBinary(logItem));
                    break;

                case ParameterType.N:
                    request.Item.Add(Name, builder.BuildAttributeForTypeNumeric(logItem));
                    break;

                default:
                    request.Item.Add(Name, builder.BuildAttributeForTypeString(logItem));
                    break;
                }
            }

            return(request);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Formats and adds the parameter to the <see cref="PutItemRequest"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request">The request.</param>
        /// <param name="loggingEvent">The logging event.</param>
        /// <returns>Chainable reference to the original request.</returns>
        public virtual PutItemRequest AddFormatParameter(PutItemRequest request, LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
        {
            request.CheckNull("request");
            loggingEvent.CheckNull("loggingEvent");

            object formattedValue = Layout.Format(loggingEvent);

            return(AddToItemsIfNotNullOrEmpty(request, formattedValue));
        }