Howdy, Probably ;) I don't mind junking this filter. Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics
>-----Original Message----- >From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:42 AM >To: Log4J Developers List >Subject: RE: [ThrowableClassMatchFilter] RE: Sandbox problems > > >Given that the throwable instance is no longer available, I think it will >be far more efficient to add the check in your code instead of relying on a >filter bound to be slow. > >At 11:25 AM 12/9/2003 -0500, Shapira, Yoav wrote: > >>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 > >-- >Ceki Gülcü > > For log4j documentation consider "The complete log4j manual" > ISBN: 2970036908 http://www.qos.ch/shop/products/clm_t.jsp > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
