Hello Emlyn, This is not a bug in Log4j. It is a bug in commons-logging. Please as their list about your problems. You might also want to read this:
http://qos.ch/logging/thinkAgain.html Jake Monday, January 27, 2003, 11:29:18 AM, you wrote: EPscu> Hi there, EPscu> I am currently developing a java applet that uses existing code that itself EPscu> uses log4j. EPscu> When running the applet as an application I have no problems, however when EPscu> I try to run the applet from an HTML page any call to LogFactory.getLog() EPscu> fails with the exception: EPscu> org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: java.lang.NullPointerException EPscu> I have checked that the class name being passed into the function is valid. EPscu> Is the problem related to the fact that the applet will not have access to a log4j.properties file and if so is there any way round this? EPscu> Is there any way of disabling logging so that the problem will not occur? EPscu> There shouldn't be any security issues relating to logging as the applet and all the code it uses is signed. EPscu> Any help with this issue would be gratefully received. EPscu> Regards, EPscu> Emlyn J Purvis EPscu> -- EPscu> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> EPscu> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Best regards, Jacob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>