Hm, why not adopt the same convention as Ant? It would be nicer IMO:
<File id="MyAppender />
<AppenderRef refid="MyAppender />
Both attributes have "id" in their name so the connection is more obvious.
Gary
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:24 AM, Ralph Goers <rgo...@apache.org> wrote:
> I think I agree with Remko. I think ref= is clearer.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 2, 2014, at 1:48 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hm, not sure. Two things:
>
> That would require our existing users to modify their configurations.
>
> Also, currently the "name" attribute provides an identifier for its
> element so that other elements can reference it. Isn't it clearer to have a
> different attribute when referring to another element? I think calling this
> attribute "ref" is very clear actually and I don't think having the same
> name for attributes that refer and attributes attributes that are being
> referred to is better.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2014/06/02, at 15:46, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In the following:
>
> <File name="File" fileName="${filename}">
> <PatternLayout>
> <Pattern>${pattern}</Pattern>
> </PatternLayout>
> </File>
> ...
> <Loggers>
> <Root level="Debug">
> <AppenderRef ref="File" />
> </Root>
> </Loggers>
>
> I propose to change:
>
> <AppenderRef ref="File" />
>
> to:
>
> <AppenderRef name="File" />
>
> It seems easier to read and connect these dots:
>
> <File name="File"
> ...
> <AppenderRef name="File" />
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Gary
>
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