What a waste of time. The threshold option does what you want.
At 18:52 04.10.2001 +0200, you wrote: >> Hi Log4J development team >> >> We did need to log to the NT eventlog and a file (our own log), through >> the same category. Yes, that is not a problem because you just add the >> FileAppender class and the NTEventLogAppender class. >> >> But now all priorities (assuming that the priority for category is DEBUG) >> will be logged both in the file and in the NT eventlog. Our requirements >> state that only log messages with the priority FATAL should be logged to >> the NT eventlog and all should be logged to the file. This could be done >> if the appender classes had a priority. >> >> Therefore I did modify the Appender and Appenderskeleton with a Priority >> attribute (see attached sourcecode) and a set/get method. After that I did >> recompile all the child classes (at least the ones I had to use) of the >> AppenderSkeleton class. The default for the Priority in the >> AppenderSkeleton is DEBUG (lowest level, so this will make everything >> works in current implementations which do not use this added >> functionality). >> >> The method appendLoopOnAppenders in the AppenderAttachableImpl class also >> needed to be changed (see attached sourcecode), so that it checks the >> priority of the appender with the priority of the loggingevent. >> >> I think this is a nice feature and would like your comment on it. >> >> Of course this uses the same technique, regarding priority, as the >> category class. But a really nice feature could be a prioritylist in the >> appenderSkeleton class. So a implemented appender (like FileAppender) >> could log message of for instance INFO and ERROR and not DEBUG, WARN and >> FATAL. >> >> Please let me know if this suggestion could be done in a much nicer way. >> >> Venlig hilsen / Best regards >> >> Ronni Lück >> >> Sybase Professional Services, Denmark >> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> mobile: +45 40 91 43 59 >> phone: +45 39 27 79 13 >> fax: +45 39 27 79 12 >> >> <<Appender.java>> <<AppenderSkeleton.java>> >> <<AppenderAttachableImpl.java>> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ceki Gülcü - http://qos.ch --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]