-----Original Message----- From: Michael Robkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 3:31 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: problem with getting unique log file by class Hi Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] i have included my xml below. I am trying to define another category class. It is in bold at the bottom. I get the following error at runtime og4j:ERROR Could not retrieve category []. Reported error follows. java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: getInstance at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:888) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseCategory(DOMConfigurator.java:294) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:636) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:567) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:513) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.configure(DOMConfigurator.java:582) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> <configuration> <appender name="A1" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> <param name="File" value="A1.log" /> <param name="Append" value="true" /> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%t %-5p %c{2} - %m\n"/> </layout> </appender> <appender name="STDOUT" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> <param name="File" value="System.out" /> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%t] %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m\n"/> </layout> </appender> <category name="org.apache.log4j.xml"> <priority value="debug" /> <appender-ref ref="A1" /> </category> <root> <priority value ="debug" /> <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" /> <appender-ref ref="A1" /> </root> <category class="com.hbsrx.ejb.service.value.OrderDetailInfoValue"> <appender name="DETAIL" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> <param name="File" value="ODETAILINFVALUE.log" /> <param name="Append" value="true" /> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%t %-5p %c{2} - %m\n"/> <priority value ="debug" /> <appender-ref2 ref2="DETAIL" /> </layout> </appender> </category> </configuration> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]