Hello,
This was sent to log4j-user list. I am forwarding it here in case anyone is interested in working on a configurator extending PropertyConfigorator (or DOMConfigurator) such that the doConfigure method watches for file changes and offering basic lifecycle methods (stop/resume) to control the watch-thread. Regards, Ceki >Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Id: "Log4J Users List" <log4j-user.jakarta.apache.org> >Reply-To: "Log4J Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:22:21 +0100 >To: "Log4J Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Ceki Gulcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Re-triggering log4j initialization > >Well, yes. Log4j version 1.2 will use the value of the system property called >log4j.configuratorClass to parse the configuration file. (The log4j 1.1.3 has a >different way to specify the configurator class but it was bogus so I will not >describe it here.) > >Armed with this knowledge, you could quite easily extend ProppertyConfigurator (or >DOMConfigurator) such that the configuration file will be reread. Basically you have >to merge the functionality of existing PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch method >into your new Configurator class. > >It would be quite nice if this extended configurator had lifecycle methods to >stop/resume the thread watching for changes in the config file. It's a nice little >software project if anyone is interested. > >Regards, Ceki > >At 14:53 26.11.2001 -0800, you wrote: >>Would it be possible to tell log4j to re-read the >>log4.properties it read at initialization time >>progammatically? Thanks... >> >>--- Ceki Gulcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> The default initialization is performed when the >>> Category class is loaded into memory. That happens >>> only once unless your environment unloads your >>> application and reloads log4j classes, but that is >>> not something that the user (=you) can control >>> programmatically. Ceki >>> >>> At 14:34 26.11.2001 -0800, you wrote: >>> >When Log4J is loaded, it initializes itself by >>> looking >>> >for log4j.properties in a number of places. How >>> can I >>> >trigger the initialization process at will? >>> > >>> >Thanks.... >>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
