Gary, maybe log4j could spit out some of its own configuration information into the logs when it starts up? Set DEBUG for a certain log4j class -- what a cool enhancement.
Cheers, Paul On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>wrote: > I get logs from users that are files, which is nice. > > I'd like the log to have a line that shows the conversion pattern used to > create the log events. > > This would let me create a nice color filter in our tools. > > Yes, I know users could use some kind of structured appender in addition > to a log file, but they won't for my convenience... > > So I wonder if we could have setting for this? Our tools create the > config, so we could turn it on no matter what conversion pattern they use. > > Gary > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second > Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >