Re: How to use a second log4j.properties file for a special java program?

[Jacob Kjome]

2 ways (both assuming you don't want to blow away the configuration for the 
server, but still use custom configuration for your application)

1.  If you deploy your app as a WAR file, then you can utilize child-first 
classloading.  As long as you include log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib and 
log4j.properties (or log4j.xml) in WEB-INF/classes, then you will end up using 
your own config rather than the server's.

2.  Use a Repository Selector.  For more info, see.... 
http://wiki.apache.org/logging-log4j/AppContainerLogging


Jake


On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:49:08 +0200
 "Ben Stover" <bxsto...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Assume a default log4j.properties file is setup for a whole application 
server.

Now I deploy a new, own java program into the application server which 
contains logging
statements like

log.info("....");

as well.
Currently the log output go to the default log file defined in the overall 
log4j.properties file.

But I want to use another, different logfile. This should be defined (as far 
as I can see) in a second
log4j.properties file.  But how can I access this jog4j.properties file when 
creating the logger in the java program?
Resp. how can I tell the environment to use another log4j.properties file ?

Ben






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