Well, including the xml files would be nice, now wouldn't it...:-)

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> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:20 PM
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> Subject: Plugin changes
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>
> I am going to write some PluginRegistry test cases tomorrow, but
> the basics
> appear to be working well enough.
>
> Enclosed are some xml files that can demonstrate the use of the plugin
> o.a.log4j.net.SocketReceiver.  source.xml is for configuring the
> source (our
> old friend SocketAppender) and sink.xml is for configuring the
> sink (our new
> friend SocketReceiver).
>
> It should be obvious that it would be extremely trivial to create the
> equivalent of o.a.log4j.net.SocketServer just by creating a simple main()
> that just configured log4j using sink.xml.  AND you could use the
> exact same
> code to receive events on multiple sockets just by updating the
> sink.xml to
> define more SocketReceiver plugins.  AND you could use the exact same code
> to receive events via SocketReceiver plugins and other from other sources
> like JMS using the JMSReceiver.  In fact, you could configure sink.xml to
> receive events from both types of sources simultaneously just by defining
> the proper plugin descriptions in sink.xml.
>
> This now makes configuring log4j to receive external/remote
> events extremely
> simple, given that an appropriate receiver plugin has been written.
> SocketServer and JMSSink are eventually obsoleted.  Wiring clients like
> Chainsaw and LF5 to receive events from other sources than SocketAppender
> becomes possible and fairly trivial.
>
> More work, review and test cases are needed, but the basics are now there.
> Comments welcome.
>
> -Mark
>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="true">
    <appender name="socketout" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SocketAppender">
        <param name="RemoteHost" value="localhost"/>
        <param name="Port" value="5000"/>
        <param name="ReconnectionDelay" value="500"/>
    </appender>

    <root>
        <level value="debug"/>
        <appender-ref ref="socketout" />
    </root>
</log4j:configuration>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="true">
    <!--
    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %c{1}: %m%n"/>
        </layout>
    </appender>
    -->

    <appender name="A1" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
        <param name="File"   value="output/filters.PluginsTest.txt" />
        <param name="Append" value="false" />
        
        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %c: %m%n"/>
        </layout>
    </appender>
    
    <plugin name="SocketReceiver" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SocketReceiver">
        <param name="Port" value="5000"/>
    </plugin>

    <root>
        <level value="debug"/>
        <appender-ref ref="A1" />
    </root>
</log4j:configuration>
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