That's the first draft. If you have more features that would fit in here I'd be glade to add.
Just let me know. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ceki Gulcu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:58 PM > To: Log4J Developers List > Subject: Re: runtime configurable file name appender > > This is nicely related to the repository selector discussion, > Jake and I had on 30.11.2008. Well done. > > Eduardo Arantes Rodrigues wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I had a specific requirement that a certain set of similar > Jobs should > > be logged one individual file per Job. > > That would make things easier to troubleshooting. > > With the current FileAppenders implementation it would > require a new > > appender and category for each Job. > > Since, so far, we have already 20 jobs it would be really > painful to > > add and maintain all of them and also the Jobs can be dynamically > > added to the system. > > That would break the rule of having one file per Jobs. > > > > I've researched but I couldn't find an appender where the > name of the > > file to log could be configured dynamically. > > > > Given this requirements my idea was provide a way to use > PatternLayout > > like file names. > > > > This code allow the fileName to be defined as: > "c:/temp/server[%-5p].log" > > Depending on the pattern a new file can be generated by class, > > category or even by day, hour, ... > > > > I've used the FileAppender code as base > > > > I've provide the JavaDoc for the most important methods. > > > > I hope it's useful and can be added to the project > > > > Regards, > > Eduardo > > -- > Ceki Gülcü > Logback: The reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging > framework for Java. > http://logback.qos.ch > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
