At 11:17 11.12.2002 -0800, Klein, Scott @ TW wrote:
I think it would be ill advised for log4j to ship yet another GUI component, that does not mean there isn't a market for such products or that the existing components are perfect.The last time I looked at GUIs for viewing log files they were pretty inadequate, so I needed to write my own.Is there a need/want for a log file viewer gui in the log4j project? My request to allow release to public domain will probably be declined unless it will go into the log4j distribution.
I would encourage you to start a project at sourceforge. We will be sure to advertise your log4j related project on the log4j site.
Alternatively you can develop LogViewer from within the log4j project. You will be given commit access (assuming a positive ballot) and access to our CVS repository. We could ship LogViewer with the log4j distribution but in a separate jar. I think that LF5 and Chainsaw should be handled similarly especially as they do not seem to be actively maintained.
Just a quick overview:
+ Filters based on time/# events/message/thread/NDC/logger/level
+ Supports XML log files
+ Ability to define 'systems' which filter based on logger name
+ Tree browsing of systems and log events in each system
+ Detail Panel displaying full log event data in HTML format
(configurable)
+ Add/Remove log files and directories
On a related note, I also have a Log4J configuration GUI which allows tree
browsing of loggers and display of logger configurations - with some limited
configuration. It doesn't support saving the modified configuration though
(kind of a big task).
Anyway, just curious if there is an interest....
scott
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