> -----Original Message----- > From: Ceki G�lc� [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: mardi 11 janvier 2005 16:25 > To: Cactus Users List > Subject: Re: My first impressions as a Cactus user, [WAS: Log4j > integration testing...] > > > One more comment. It seems that during normal processing, all the logs > generated by Cactus are of level DEBUG. It would probably be quite useful > if some of the more significant messages were of level INFO instead of > DEBUG.
I agree. It just has to be done... Thanks -Vincent > > Just my 2c. > > At 02:24 PM 1/11/2005, you wrote: > >At 11:38 AM 1/9/2005, Vincent Massol wrote: > >>Hi Ceki, > >> > >>See > >>http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/integration/manual/howto_config.html#lo > ggin > >>g for how we currently configure Cactus logging. > > > >I found the "Servlet Sample Walk through" [1] extremely useful. On the > >other hand, as a beginner, the "How it works" [2] was a bit overwhelming > >and somewhat of a turn off. In my very humble opinion, you should > consider > >removing the link to [2] from the main cactus page. (Given the size and > >breadth of Cactus, I am sure that there will be plenty of other occasions > >to confuse the user later on.) > > > >As for configuring Cactus to use log4j, that was easy as well although I > >had to go look in the source code to refresh my memory about how log4j > >treated values passes with the log4j.configuration system property. I > >don't think all users will have the same reflex. :-) > > > >The Cactus docs in [3] could mention that the "log4j.configuration" > system > >property admits a URL as a value. The resource references by the URL can > >be a properties file as well as an XML file. Moreover, the URL can be a > >relative, so the all of the following would work correctly assuming the > >log4j configuration file is in $CACTUS_HOME/target/ > > > >log4j.configuration=file:./target/log4jClient.xml > >log4j.configuration=file:target/log4jClient.xml > >log4j.configuration = file:./@target.dir@/log4jClient.xml > > > >The last line requires substitution of @targer.dir@ with the value > "target". > > > >The relative paths should let you avoid normalizing paths as currently > >done in the "test.prepare.logging" target in > >$CACTUS_HOME/samples/servlet/build.xml. > > > >I have also noticed that log4j configuration in [3] does not suggest any > >logger names which might be useful in filtering out noise. There is > really > >tons of it. > > > >You can filter out some of it with the following log4j config file. > > > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > ><!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> > > > ><log4j:configuration debug="false" > >xmlns:log4j='http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/'> > > > > <appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %c - %m%n"/> > > </layout> > > > > <filter class="org.apache.log4j.filter.StringMatchFilter"> > > <param name="StringToMatch" value="enter"/> > > <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="false"/> > > </filter> > > > > </appender> > > > > <logger name="org.apache.log4j.joran.action"> <level > > value="INFO"/></logger> > > <logger name="org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser"> <level > > value="INFO"/></logger> > > <logger name="org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection"> <level > > value="INFO"/></logger> > > <logger name="org.apache.cactus.internal.WebRequestImpl"> <level > > value="INFO"/></logger> > > <logger name="org.apache.cactus.internal.util.JUnitVersionHelper"> > > <level value="INFO"/></logger> > > > > <root> > > <level value="DEBUG"/> > > <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" /> > > </root> > ></log4j:configuration> > > > >It removes all messages containing the string "enter". It also sets the > >level of several loggers to "INFO" which reduces the noise they generate. > > > >Even with the above config file the log output still contains too much > >noise. Which are the Cactus loggers that generate the most useful > >information, information that can help to follow the execution steps as > >illustrated in [2] ? > > > >[1] > http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/integration/ant/howto_ant_cactus.html > >[2] http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/how_it_works.html > >[3] http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/integration/manual/howto_config.html > > > >-- > >Ceki G�lc� > > > > The complete log4j manual: http://www.qos.ch/log4j/ > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Ceki G�lc� > > The complete log4j manual: http://www.qos.ch/log4j/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
