> On Aug 26, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Joel Griffith <jgrif...@nd.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Its purpose is to change the output file of the Root Logger's FileAppender
> (we assume it has only one), or to add a new FileAppender to the Root
> Logger if one does not already exist. I can eliminate this use of
> FileAppender.setFile() by rewriting the entire function for Log4j v2. How
> changing a FileAppender's output file done in v2? I cannot find any hint
> online. I read some about Lookups, which someone mentioned, but the only
> page I found was all configuration, no code.
>
The only way to change the output destination would be to create a new
Appender with the new target file and replace the current appender with it.
The file attribute of a FileAppender in Log4j 2 is immutable. In the
RollingFileAppender
you cannot change the name of the target file but the file being written to is
moved and a new file with the same name is created when a rollover occurs.
In order to have the ability to change the file at any time locking would be
required and Log4j 2 minimizes locking wherever it can.
But rather than just copying code and trying to figure out how to emulate it
with Log4j 2 it would be better to figure out what the requirement is that is
driving the need to change the file name and then ask how that requirement
can be met.
Ralph
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