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+package Log::Log4perl::Appender::String;
+our @ISA = qw(Log::Log4perl::Appender);
+
+##################################################
+# Log dispatcher writing to a string buffer
+##################################################
+
+##################################################
+sub new {
+##################################################
+    my $proto  = shift;
+    my $class  = ref $proto || $proto;
+    my %params = @_;
+
+    my $self = {
+        name      => "unknown name",
+        string    => "",
+        %params,
+    };
+
+    bless $self, $class;
+}
+
+##################################################
+sub log {   
+##################################################
+    my $self = shift;
+    my %params = @_;
+
+    $self->{string} .= $params{message};
+}
+
+##################################################
+sub string {   
+##################################################
+    my($self, $new) = @_;
+
+    if(defined $new) {
+        $self->{string} = $new;
+    }
+
+    return $self->{string};
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Log::Log4perl::Appender::String - Append to a string
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  use Log::Log4perl::Appender::String;
+
+  my $appender = Log::Log4perl::Appender::String->new( 
+      name      => 'my string appender',
+  );
+
+      # Append to the string
+  $appender->log( 
+      message => "I'm searching the city for sci-fi wasabi\n" 
+  );
+
+      # Retrieve the result
+  my $result = $appender->string();
+
+      # Reset the buffer to the empty string
+  $appender->string("");
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is a simple appender used internally by C<Log::Log4perl>. It
+appends messages to a scalar instance variable.
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+Copyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli E<lt>m@perlmeister.comE<gt> 
+and Kevin Goess E<lt>cpan@goess.orgE<gt>.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself. 
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Please contribute patches to the project on Github:
+
+    http://github.com/mschilli/log4perl
+
+Send bug reports or requests for enhancements to the authors via our
+
+MAILING LIST (questions, bug reports, suggestions/patches): 
+log4perl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+
+Authors (please contact them via the list above, not directly):
+Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com>,
+Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>
+
+Contributors (in alphabetical order):
+Ateeq Altaf, Cory Bennett, Jens Berthold, Jeremy Bopp, Hutton
+Davidson, Chris R. Donnelly, Matisse Enzer, Hugh Esco, Anthony
+Foiani, James FitzGibbon, Carl Franks, Dennis Gregorovic, Andy
+Grundman, Paul Harrington, Alexander Hartmaier  David Hull, 
+Robert Jacobson, Jason Kohles, Jeff Macdonald, Markus Peter, 
+Brett Rann, Peter Rabbitson, Erik Selberg, Aaron Straup Cope, 
+Lars Thegler, David Viner, Mac Yang.
+