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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger;

Closes resources.
/** * Closes resources. */
public final class Closer { private Closer() { // empty }
Closes an AutoCloseable or ignores if null.
Params:
  • closeable – the resource to close; may be null
Throws:
  • Exception – if the resource cannot be closed
Returns:Whether the resource was closed.
Since:2.8
Since:2.11.2 returns a boolean instead of being a void return type.
/** * Closes an AutoCloseable or ignores if {@code null}. * * @param closeable the resource to close; may be null * @return Whether the resource was closed. * @throws Exception if the resource cannot be closed * @since 2.8 * @since 2.11.2 returns a boolean instead of being a void return type. */
public static boolean close(final AutoCloseable closeable) throws Exception { if (closeable != null) { StatusLogger.getLogger().debug("Closing {} {}", closeable.getClass().getSimpleName(), closeable); closeable.close(); return true; } return false; }
Closes an AutoCloseable and returns true if it closed without exception.
Params:
  • closeable – the resource to close; may be null
Returns:true if resource was closed successfully, or false if an exception was thrown
/** * Closes an AutoCloseable and returns {@code true} if it closed without exception. * * @param closeable the resource to close; may be null * @return true if resource was closed successfully, or false if an exception was thrown */
public static boolean closeSilently(final AutoCloseable closeable) { try { return close(closeable); } catch (final Exception ignored) { return false; } } }