yes, i would love to receive this package. please send to [EMAIL PROTECTED], thanks!
by the way if I just reinitialize log4j in init of my servlet (I have only one) will
it help?

Tory Toupin wrote:

>  I've had a similar problem.  The issue is that the ClassLoader changes on you when 
>you use the reload feature of the servlet engine.
> With the Servlet 2.3 spec, there are now lifecycle listeners that you can supposedly 
>use to detect the change and recover.  I haven't used these, as I'm currently in 
>Servlet 2.2 land with tomcat 3.2.3.
> I built a servlet wrapper framework that helps to take care of this.  (Again, this 
>is something addressed by the Servlet 2.3 spec via filters.)  Basically, what I do is 
>write an initializer servlet that acts as a pre- and post- filter on each request.  
>The servlet checks to see if a sentinel that it puts in the servlet context has the 
>same class loader as itself.  If not, then it reinitializes (log4j, etc.).
> Let me know if this is something you might want to try and I'll package it up for 
>you.
>   Dmitry Skavish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hello all,
> 
> I use log4j from servlets as well as jsp and just yesterday I encountered some
> very annoying problem. If I replace my servlet jar without restarting servlet engine
> (resin in this case) log4j prints the following errors and refuses to work:
> 
> log4j:WARN Failed to set property [conversionPattern] to value "%d [%p] - %m%n". 
>object is not an instance of declaring class
> log4j:WARN Failed to set property [file] to value "/home/jzox/log/generator.log". 
>object is not an instance of declaring class
> log4j:WARN Failed to set property [maxFileSize] to value "100KB". object is not an 
>instance of declaring class
> log4j:WARN Failed to set property [maxBackupIndex] to value "20". object is not an 
>instance of declaring class
> log4j:WARN File option not set for appender [R].
> log4j:WARN Are you using FileAppender instead of ConsoleAppender?
> log4j:ERROR No output stream or file set for the appender named [S].
> 
> I believe this because classloader loads new classes which don't match the old ones.
> anyway it would be nice to have some workaround or fix for it.
> thanks!
> 
> 


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