Howdy, I like it. My only question is why the member variables are package access as opposed to private?
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Scott Deboy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:06 PM >To: Log4J Developers List >Subject: RE: [ThrowableClassMatchFilter] RE: Sandbox problems > >I've contributed an ExpressionFilter here: >http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/jakarta- >log4j/src/java/org/apache/log4j/varia/ExpressionFilter.java?rev=1.1&view=au >to - which may provide much of the capabilities the specialized filters >provided.. > >All of the event fields are accessible via keywords and most of the >operators you'd expect are supported - this same expression mechanism is >how colorization and display filtering is now done in Chainsaw v2. > >See http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/jakarta- >log4j/src/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/rule/ to see what rules are >supported. The RuleFactory class shows what symbols map to the individual >rules. > >There's an ORO regexp operator (LIKE), a partial text operator (~=), an >EXISTS operator, and the other operators you'd expect: !=, ==, >, >=, <, ><=, ! > >You can also define precedence using parens and group expressions with && >(and) and || (or). > >By the way, if you like to define expressions in postfix instead of infix, >there's a param on the filter for supporting that. > >Opinions? > >Scott > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:16 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 >> > >> > 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. 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