On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Sameera Jayasoma <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Devs, > > There were number of incidents where users have reported issues related to > logging, when they tried to add a new log4j.properties file to their > webapps, services, etc. And Carbon initialization code(Non-OSGi) does not > use logging, instead System.out were used. It is because of the issues > we've been facing with commons-logging & log4j in non-OSGi and OSGi spaces. > With these latest changes to Carbon, we thought of fixing this > long-running issue properly. > > Carbon OSGi container is launched by the org.wso2.carbon.server package > which is running in non-OSGi world. This code does not use logging at all, > simply uses System.out. We need to to user proper logging there also. Here > is the proposal to fix these logging related issues. > > Current log4j.properties file contains the TenantAwarePatternLayout which > is written by us. This class comes from an OSGi bundle. But the problem is > we cannot use this property file for the Carbon initialization code. We > need to a simple and separate one without the TenantAwarePatternLayout. > > CARBON_HOME > |--- lib > |---- log4j.properties (For Carbon initialization code.) > |---- org.wso2.carbon.server-4.0.0-SHAPSHOT.jar > After a offline discussion with Azeez, we decided to embed the log4j.property file required for the carbon initialization code. Thanks, Sameera. > > |--- repository > |---- conf > |---- log4j.properties > > IMHO, log4j.properties file of the Carbon platform should be placed inside > the repository/conf. Its the correct place to put it as other config files. > > With these changes, I could successfully deploy a webapp with a separate > log4j.properties file. > > Thanks, > Sameera. > -- > Sameera Jayasoma > Technical Lead and Product Manager, WSO2 Carbon > > WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com) > email: [email protected] > blog: http://tech.jayasoma.org > > Lean . Enterprise . Middleware > -- Sameera Jayasoma Technical Lead and Product Manager, WSO2 Carbon WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com) email: [email protected] blog: http://tech.jayasoma.org Lean . Enterprise . Middleware
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