I posted this a week ago, and I didn't receive any response, so I am
reposting in the hope that someone will have any opinion, or whether I
should just post a patch.
My suggestion is to have another argument, which defines the default
repository selector to use. The reason is that unless your application
server supports startup classes, there is no way to set the repository
selector before application classes start logging.
Please read below and let me know your opinions (if you have any). I am
eager to release my code, but it would require releasing a patched
version of log4j to get this to work.
Cheers,
Scott
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Subject: Default Repository Selectors / Orion Repository Selector
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:48:20 +1100
From: Scott Farquhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Log4J Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Log4J Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have successfully completed a repository selector for the orion
application server, which looks up the log4j.properties / xml files from
the bottom up, loading those in the most specific classloader, before
loading from parents.
Whilst the ability to configure a repository selector with
LogManager.setRepositorySelector(..)
is useful, unless you control the server, you cannot guarantee that your
repository selector will be loaded first.
My feature request is to be able to pass the classname of a default
repository selector as a system property. eg.
-Dlog4j.repositorySelector=org.apache.log4j.spi.OrionRepositorySelector
In LogManager, in the static{} initalisation, you can then load the class.
I have attached my suggested changes. Note that it needs refactoring,
but for the moment it is all in the one code block (for easy reading).
Any thoughts? Anyone else planning (or written) repository selectors?
If anyone is interested in helping me test the Orion selector, please
send me an email.
Cheers,
Scott
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