Ole, I did a quick search, and the only class in the log4j library that appears to be using CyclicBuffer is o.a.l.net.SMTPAppender.
Just so we understand what you are proposing: 1) A patch to CyclicBuffer that when resized to a smaller buffer size, keeps the newest messages instead of the oldest. 2) A new BufferAppender. Have I got that right? We are always interested in patches and code that log4j users/developers think are useful. No one needs permission to post submissions to this forum. If they feel their change is really important, they might need to prod/politic us committers to "see the light" and apply their changes, but obviously useful code will not be turned down. Though, it might take some time and review...:-). So, please post your code. -Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Ole Bulbuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:04 AM > To: 'Log4J Developers List' > Subject: BufferAppender and CyclicBuffer > > > Hi, > > I have downloaded Log4J 1.2.6 yesterday and have made a simple > BufferAppender. This is storing log events in a cyclic buffer and > overwrites > the oldest log event when a new one is appended. The whole buffer and the > new message are forwarded to a subappender if the new log event has got a > priority that is high enough. > > This means one won't get all the debug and info messages in the > log (so the > log would keep small and clean) unless a log event with a priority that is > high enough (e.g. ERROR) occurs. Then the log will contain not only the > error itself but its history too. > > The class has got only one small error: > If the size is decreased while the buffer is full the oldest > messages remain > in the buffer instead of the newest ones. This is because > helper.CyclicBuffer is used internally. > I would be willing to change this if nobody objects. What is CyclicBuffer > used else for? > > I would donate the BufferAppender to the project if you are interested. > > Regards, > > Ole > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
