log4j

How do I create a new log4j ConsoleAppender in code as opposed to config?

Hi, I want to programmatically create a new log4j ConsoleAppender and add it as an appender to a logger - how do I go about instantiating one properly - using the following seems to make log4j complain - what setters do I need to use to configure it properly? // log4j complains of "No output stream or file set for the appender named [n...

Using newer version log4j in coldfusion

Hello All, So i have a java class that i want to call from a coldfusion page. The only problem is that my java class requires a newer version on log4j than what is currently used with coldfusion (mx 7). Is there a way i can get my class to only use the one i provide? or can i maybe temporarily load the newer log4j while i call my cla...

how can I set the log4j conversionpattern at runtime

I have a Java app while parses input from a spreadsheet. I've added the ability to run just the parser part standalone from an ant task. However the normal log4j pattern I'm using can make the output hard to read, I'd like to set a simple pattern at runtime. So something like log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd ...

Using log4j with inherited classes

I am instantiating a log4j object inside of a class which inherits most of the methods and attributes from a parent class. Right now I'm getting logging messages from the subclass only. How can I get logging messages to output in both the super class and subclass? EDIT: The way I am do the logging is that I have an instance variable i...

Hibernate logging with log4j

I have the following code and I am still unable to get Hibernate to write SQL queries to log file. It perfectly writes them to the Eclipse console. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd" > <log4j:configuration> <appender name="file" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender"> <param ...

Enabling logging of a third party component

In one of codes I am using Jetty. I am using the Jetty jar and imports the Classes from my Java code. Jetty's default log level is INFO if not configured specifically. We can enable DEBUG mode by code. The logger seems to be a log4j one. org.mortbay.log.Logger jettyLogger = org.mortbay.log.Log.getLog(); jettyLogger.setDebugEnabled(true...

log4j rootlogger turn off logger for some classes

how can i configure a log4j.properties with a rootlogger = debug, stdout, logfile and org.apache.httpclient = debug which goes into the logfile but not the stdout? raising the rootlogger to info is not acceptable as i have others package at the debug level. ...

How do I read a java object in C++?

I am implementing a log server in C++; that accepts log messages from a Java program (via log4j socket appender). How do I read these java logging objects in C++? ...

Log4j filtering per logger, based on Event

I would like to filter log events coming from a specific component of a 3rd party library, based on the content of the log message. I only want this filtering to be applied when the log event is generated by a specific logger: "org.restlet.Component.LogService". The filtering itself is just a basic match against the log event message. I...

Is it possible to configure log4j to create a new file with every run of the application?

For example, the first time I run an application (or immediately after I clear out the /logs directory), I want log4j to write the application's logs to a file called log.0. Then, I exit the application and restart it, I want the logs to be written to log.1. And so on. I would like to keep this in the configuration file, although if I c...

Log4j for per class, how is precedence determined?

I'm trying to permit debug logging per a particular class using Log4j, and I've got the following: log4j.rootLogger=stdout, daily log4j.logger.com.mycompany.myapplication.mymodule=DEBUG log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.stdout.layout.Conver...

Log4j loading up memory?

We can call Log4j in two ways 1) Having static Logger reference in each class of the package and call logger 2) Having one static Logger reference in once 'static' class and refer this 'static' class from every where Based on memory which method is efficient and Which method is good generally? ...

Log4J properties file - where to put it

I wrote a web service project using netbeans 6.7.1 with glassfish v2.1, put log4j.properties to the root dir of project and use static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class); in Constructor: PropertyConfigurator.configure("log4j.properties"); and in functions: logger.info("..."); logger.error("..."); ... but, it is error in...

Java Logging: show the source line number of the caller (not the logging helper method)

The numerous (sigh...) logging frameworks for Java all do a nice job of showing the line number of the source file name for the method that created the log message: log.info("hey"); [INFO] [Foo:413] hey But if have a helper method in between, the actual caller will be the helper method, and that is not too informative. log_info("h...

What is the use of Log4j API?

I am gonna use Log4j in my webapplication and i was new to that. What is the use of Log4j and how to use it in our application. Thanks in advance ...

How to log the time taken by methods in Springframework?

Is it possible in springframework to log the time taken by methods [ selective | all ] automatically. By automatically i mean, i don't want to go to each method and write the log.debug ( "...." ); stuff. ...

How to make WebLogic create sub-folder under server/logs directory?

Hi All We all know that WebLogic server creates logs directory under DOMAIN_HOME/servers/SERVER_NAME directory at server start up. But now I want WebLogic to create my application specific logs directory like below at the server startup. DOMAIN_HOME/servers/SERVER_NAME/logs/myAppLogs/ Where to do the configuration change for this? T...

If FileAppender fails, revert to ConsoleAppender

With log4j, I'd like to revert to a ConsoleAppender if the FileAppender has problems writing to the specified log file. This means catching a FileNotFoundException or an IOException and switching to a ConsoleAppender. Has this been done before or will I have to create a new appender - something along the lines of: private WriterAppend...

log4j: one class; same level; two output files

I don't seem to be getting any INFO level messages into Additions.log or Deletions.log even though I see the logging line get executed in the debugger. Here is my log4j.properties file: log4j.file.home=. log4j.rootLogger=INFO, dest1 log4j.rootCategory=INFO, dest1 log4j.logger.org.hibernate=ERROR log4j.category.dest1=INFO log4j.append...

Log4J - how to log an exception caught in an imported library?

I am a pretty new user of Log4J v. 1.2.15, as a friend of mine convinced me of the advantages over console or other forms of logging. However, as i was doing some tests, i've encountered a test case that got me thinking. Here it is what i did : I've configured the properties, added 2 appenders, a ConsoleAppender and a RollingFileAppen...