public void append()

in src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/AsyncAppender.java [139:225]
50 lines of code
14 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

  public void append(final LoggingEvent event) {
    //
    //   if dispatcher thread has died then
    //      append subsequent events synchronously
    //   See bug 23021
    if ((dispatcher == null) || !dispatcher.isAlive() || (bufferSize <= 0)) {
      synchronized (appenders) {
        appenders.appendLoopOnAppenders(event);
      }

      return;
    }

    // Set the NDC and thread name for the calling thread as these
    // LoggingEvent fields were not set at event creation time.
    event.getNDC();
    event.getThreadName();
    // Get a copy of this thread's MDC.
    event.getMDCCopy();
    if (locationInfo) {
      event.getLocationInformation();
    }
    event.getRenderedMessage();
    event.getThrowableStrRep();

    synchronized (buffer) {
      while (true) {
        int previousSize = buffer.size();

        if (previousSize < bufferSize) {
          buffer.add(event);

          //
          //   if buffer had been empty
          //       signal all threads waiting on buffer
          //       to check their conditions.
          //
          if (previousSize == 0) {
            buffer.notifyAll();
          }

          break;
        }

        //
        //   Following code is only reachable if buffer is full
        //
        //
        //   if blocking and thread is not already interrupted
        //      and not the dispatcher then
        //      wait for a buffer notification
        boolean discard = true;
        if (blocking
                && !Thread.interrupted()
                && Thread.currentThread() != dispatcher) {
          try {
            buffer.wait();
            discard = false;
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            //
            //  reset interrupt status so
            //    calling code can see interrupt on
            //    their next wait or sleep.
            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
          }
        }

        //
        //   if blocking is false or thread has been interrupted
        //   add event to discard map.
        //
        if (discard) {
          String loggerName = event.getLoggerName();
          DiscardSummary summary = (DiscardSummary) discardMap.get(loggerName);

          if (summary == null) {
            summary = new DiscardSummary(event);
            discardMap.put(loggerName, summary);
          } else {
            summary.add(event);
          }

          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }