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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-561: ------------------------------------ The Error message is saying what I said in my first reply. You have {code} <EM_Appender name="EM_Appender"> {code} but with strict="true" it needs to be {code> <Appender type="EM_Appender" name="EM_Appender"> {code} > Custom appender configuration help. > ----------------------------------- > > Key: LOG4J2-561 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-561 > Project: Log4j 2 > Issue Type: Question > Components: Appenders > Affects Versions: 2.0-rc1 > Environment: Java > Reporter: vibin > Labels: appender, custom, customappender > Fix For: 2.0-rc1 > > > Can anyone please explain how to add a new(custom) appender..? > here is my code it did not work.. > @Plugin(name = "EM_Appender", category = "Core", elementType = "appender", > printObject = true) > public final class EventManagerAppender extends AbstractAppender{ > > protected EventManagerAppender(String name, Filter filter, Layout<? extends > Serializable> layout, > boolean ignoreExceptions) > { > super(name, filter, layout, ignoreExceptions); > // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub > } > /* @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") > private EventManagerAppender(String name, Layout layout, Filter filter, > boolean ignoreExceptions) { > }*/ > > > @PluginFactory > public static EventManagerAppender > createAppender(@PluginAttribute("name") String name, > > @PluginAttribute("ignoreExceptions") String ignore, > @PluginElement("Layout") Layout > layout, > @PluginElement("Filters") > Filter filter) { > > boolean ignoreExceptions = Boolean.parseBoolean(ignore); > if (name == null) { > return null; > } > > if (layout == null) { > layout = PatternLayout.createLayout(null, null, null, null, > ignore, ignore); > } > return new EventManagerAppender(name, filter,layout, > ignoreExceptions); > } > > public void append(LogEvent event) { > System.out.println(event.getMessage()); > System.out.println("Custome appender"); > } > } > XML configuration > ********************** > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Configuration status="warn" strict="true" name="XMLConfigTest" > > packages="org.apache.logging.log4j.test,com.mycompany.abc.def.log.wrapper" > monitorInterval="30"> > <Properties> > <Property name="filename">C:/Logs/test1.log</Property> > </Properties> > <Filter type="ThresholdFilter" level="warn"/> > > <Appenders> > <Appender type="File" name="File" fileName="${filename}"> > <Layout type="PatternLayout"> > <Pattern>%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c{1}:%L:%t] > %m%n</Pattern> > </Layout> > </Appender> > <EM_Appender name="EM_Appender"> > <Layout type="PatternLayout"> > <Pattern>%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c{1}:%L:%t] > %m%n</Pattern> > </Layout> > </EM_Appender> > </Appenders> > > <Loggers> > <Logger name="com.mycompany.xyz.ab" level="trace" additivity="false"> > <AppenderRef ref="File"/> > </Logger> > <Root level="trace"> > <AppenderRef ref="File"/> > <AppenderRef ref="EM_Appender"/> > </Root> > </Loggers> > > </Configuration> -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org