I am getting a stack trace with the following XML file (bearing in mind that the ChainsawAppender is a local class file at this point, it's actually the ConsoleAppender that's causing the issue as if I remove everything but that appender it still barfs):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="false"> <appender name="Chainsaw" class="org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.ChainsawAppender" /> <appender name="A2" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout" /> </appender> <plugin name="SocketReceiver" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SocketReceiver"> <param name="Port" value="4445" /> </plugin> <logger name="org.apache.log4j.chainsaw" additivity="false"> <level value="info" /> <appender-ref ref="A2" /> </logger> <root> <level value="debug" /> <appender-ref ref="Chainsaw" /> </root> </log4j:configuration> [StackTrace] log4j:ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows. java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseAppender(DOMConfigurator.java:206) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurator.java :145) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfigurator .java:158) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOMConfigu rator.java:460) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseCategory(DOMConfigurator.java:419) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:805) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:704) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:647) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:634) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter. java:456) at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:118) at org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Logger.java:79) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.<clinit>(DOMConfigurator.java:63) at org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.Start.initLog4J(Start.java:29) at org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.Start.main(Start.java:20) log4j:ERROR Could not parse input source [EMAIL PROTECTED] java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:386) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurator.java :146) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfigurator .java:158) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOMConfigu rator.java:460) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseCategory(DOMConfigurator.java:419) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:805) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:704) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:647) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:634) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter. java:456) at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:118) at org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Logger.java:79) at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.<clinit>(DOMConfigurator.java:63) at org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.Start.initLog4J(Start.java:29) at org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.Start.main(Start.java:20) log4j: xml.DOMConfigurator - Handling nested <layout> for appender A2 log4j: config.PropertySetter - Found setter method for property [layout] in class org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j: xml.DOMConfigurator - Will instantiate instance of class [org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout] log4j: config.PropertySetter - Set child component of type [org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout] for [org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender]. [EndStackTrace] Help! :) _________________________ Paul Smith Lawlex Compliance Solutions phone: +61 3 9278 1511 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
