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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-952:
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Configuration from files in Log4j is a two step process. First the XML/JSON is
read and converted into Nodes with properties. The Nodes have a parent/child
relationship in accordance with how they are represented in the file. Next the
Nodes are processed and converted into objects such as Appenders, Filters, etc.
During the first phase it is unlikely you will see errors of the type you are
expecting. That doesn't happen until the Nodes are processed.
I would expect a ConfigurationBuilder would do the exact same thing - it would
just create the Nodes with their properties. Not until you call the build()
method would you actually find out if you have any errors.
I'm not really sure your analogy to a compiler really holds up here. This is
more analogous to an interpreter than a compiler. i.e. the Configuration is
always constructed dynamically at startup, not during a build process before
the application runs.
> FAQ: How do I configure log4j2 programmatically in code without a
> configuration file?
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: LOG4J2-952
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-952
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: API, Configurators, Documentation
> Affects Versions: 2.1
> Reporter: Joe Merten
>
> I found [this
> link|http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/faq.html#config_from_code] which
> said:
> {quote}
> You could use the static method #initialize(String contextName, ClassLoader
> loader, String configLocation) in
> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator. (You can pass null for the
> class loader.) Be aware that this class is not part of the public API so your
> code may break with any minor release.
> {quote}
> This documentation is unclear because it points to a member function which
> needs a filename {{configLocation}} where as the topic is »without a
> configuration file«.
> It shoud rather point to the member function
> {{org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator.initialize(ClassLoader
> loader, ConfigurationSource source)}}.
> Example:
> {code:java}
> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationSource;
> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
> final String hardCodedXmlConfig =
> "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n" +
> "<Configuration status='INFO'>\n" +
> " <Appenders>\n" +
> " <Console name='Console' target='SYSTEM_OUT'>\n" +
> " <PatternLayout pattern='%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level
> %logger{36} - %msg%n'/>\n" +
> " </Console>\n" +
> " </Appenders>\n" +
> " <Loggers>\n" +
> " <Root level='debug'>\n" +
> " <AppenderRef ref='Console'/>\n" +
> " </Root>\n" +
> " </Loggers>\n" +
> "</Configuration>\n";
> try {
> Configurator.initialize(null, new ConfigurationSource(new
> ByteArrayInputStream(hardCodedXmlConfig.getBytes())));
> } catch (IOException e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> {code}
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