Greetings, Log4j version 1.1 beta 1 is now available on http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/download.html. This version has the ominous beta flag because it introduces new API methods, namely getOption(key), which is still subject of debate. On the other hand, this version fixes a few bugs and irons out numerous wrinkles. In this release, the FileAppender has been split two 3 parts, Appenders and Layouts now get to see the raw message object in LoggingEvent, Appender and Layouts now return their option setting through the newly introduced and controversial getOption(key) method. Otherwise, there are no major changes in this release. I will be away for two weeks with no access to a computer. I preferred to make a beta release now, instead of delaying the release by at least another two weeks. Enjoy, Ceki The HISTORY file reads: [*] Changes that are 100% compatible with existing client code. [**] Changes that requiring little or no modification to existing client code. [***] Changes requiring important modifications to existing client code. February 23, 2001 - Release of version 1.1b1 - Logging can now be disabled per Hierarchy. It can also be disabled using configuration files using the "disable" directive. The disableOverride directive takes precedence over the disable directive. As a result of this change the disable family of methods has moved from the BasicConfigurator class to the Hierarchy class. [**] - Changed the name of the configuration element to log4j:configuration in the log4j.dtd. All configuration files written in XML need to be modified. [**] The following perl command can help: perl -p -i.bak -e "s/configuration/log4j:configuration/;" file1.xml .. fileN.xml - The FileAppender has been split into three parts: WriterAppender, ConsoleAppender and FileAppender. ConsoleAppender takes over the console logging functionality of FileAppender. As a result Support for stream and console printing has been deprecated in FileAppender. [**] - The FileAppender now correctly outputs the header and footer of its layout. This problem was reported by too many users to list here. [*] - Appenders and Layouts now get to see the raw message object in LoggingEvent not just its rendered form. The access modifiers of some LoggingEvent fields were changed so that they can be accessed in less error-prone ways. Thanks to Jim Cakalic and Anders Kristens for their valuable advice. [*] - Added getLayout(), getErrorHandler(), and getFilter() to the Appender interface. [*] - Added getOption(key) method to the OptionHandler interface and modified implementations of it as appropriate. [*] - Added the much awaited DailyRollingFileAppender. [*] - The structure of the distribution changed somewhat. The log4j.jar files can be found under dist/. The javadoc directory has been moved to docs/api/. We are now totally dependent on ANT to perform all the steps involved in creating a release, in including compilation, jar file creation, generation of the javadocs, and for the creation of the distribution tar and zip files. [*] - Removed org/apache/log4j/varia/ResilientFileAppender.java which was bogus to begin with. [*] - XMLLayout will now mark some output as <![CDATA .. [[> so that it does not get interpreted by the XML parser. This was suggested by Mathias Bogaert like a long list of other fixes. [*] - Corrected a bug in CyclicBuffer.resize method that would not update the next insertion point. Thanks to Ole Bulbuk for accurately reporting the bug. [*] - The LoggingEvent class now supports serialization of priorities derived from the org.apache.log4j.Priority class. [*] - Improved the search method for finding the "log4j.properties" file in the static initializer of Category class. Thanks to Calvin Chan for supplying a better method. [*] - Made the instanceFCQN an instance variable instead of a class static in Category.java. In related move, the Category constructor now takes an additional argument setting the instanceFCQN. This makes life less miserable for Category subclasses. [*] - Corrected a bug in the OptionConverter.instantiateByClassName method that would not return the defaultValue in case of error. Thanks to Matthieu Verbert for identifying this bug. - Corrected the missing stack trace in e-mails generated by the SMTPAppender when using certain Layouts. [*] - Updated the "Adding Conversion Characters to PatternLayout" document to reflect the latest changes to the code. Also added the org/apache/log4j/examples/appserver directory containing the associated example code. [*] - Added the BufferSize option to the AsyncAppender. [*] - Eliminated the SecurityExceptions thrown in Applets. Thanks Timur Zambalayev for reporting this bug. [*] - Fixed the erroneously thrown IOInterruptedException when the AsyncAppender was closed. Thanks to Tom Palmer for accurately reporting this bug. [*] ---- Ceki Gülcü Web: http://qos.ch av. de Rumine 5 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) CH-1005 Lausanne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Switzerland Tel: ++41 21 351 23 15 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
