Howdy,
I don't use it myself at this point because it's not part of the core distribution.
The use-case I have in mind for this filter is that of expected errors that you don't
want to log.
Specifically, we have a math library that we ask to calculate all sorts of functions
for us on sets of data. This library throws some of its own exceptions
(InconsistentDataException, etc.), but we access it through a façade that throws
Exception, and in addition the library throws NPEs sometimes, so our code is like
try {
... call façade method ...
} catch (Exception e) {
... log exception ...
}
If the exception is one from the math library, I don't want it logged. So I would
configure a ThrowableClassMatchFilter with the math library's exception class. I'd
prefer this to adding the math libraries' throwable class names to my own code.
That's it ;)
Yoav Shapira
Millennium ChemInformatics
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:16 AM
>To: Log4J Developers List
>Subject: RE: [ThrowableClassMatchFilter] RE: Sandbox problems
>
>
>Yoav, I see your point although my question was more directed at you.
>Do you use ThrowableClassMatchFilter ? Can you think of a case where it
>could be useful?
>
>At 10:59 AM 12/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Howdy,
>>This illustrates one of the fundamental issues of the sandbox (not just in
>>log4j, it's more general), which is the circular argument of "no one knows
>>about it if it's in the sandbox -> no one uses it -> no one can say 'I use
>>this' -> it gets removed from the sandbox" ...
>>
>>Not that I particularly care for this one, I'm just in a musing mood...
>>
>>Yoav Shapira
>>Millennium ChemInformatics
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:46 AM
>> >To: Log4J Developers List
>> >Subject: Re: [ThrowableClassMatchFilter] RE: Sandbox problems
>> >
>> >
>> >Who finds this filter useful?
>> >
>> >If no one is interested we can safely throw it away.
>> >
>> >At 10:35 AM 12/9/2003 -0500, Shapira, Yoav wrote:
>> >
>> >>Hi,
>> >>Well, the ThrowableClassMatchFilter relied directly on the getThrowable
>> >>method of org.apache.log4j.spi.ThrowableInformation ;) Given that this
>> >>method is gone for good, we have two choices:
>> >>- Discard the ThrowableClassMatchFilter altogether
>> >>- Add a getThrowableClassName or getThrowableClass method to
>> >>ThrowableInformation and attempt to make the ThrowableClassMatchFilter
>> >>work with this method instead of getThrowable. I think I can make it
>work
>> >>this way.
>> >>
>> >>I added this filter a few months ago because it was such and easy
>feature
>> >>that I think has considerable real-world value. But given that it's in
>> >>the sandbox, we can safely assume only a few people know about it and
>even
>> >>fewer have used it, so we can discard it if we want ;)
>> >>
>> >>Yoav Shapira
>> >>Millennium ChemInformatics
>> >
>> >--
>> >Ceki Gülcü
>> >
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