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Paul Benedict edited comment on LOG4J2-435 at 12/2/15 4:17 PM: --------------------------------------------------------------- I advise not to construct boolean logic out of XML tags. Why? Because whatever you think is acceptable someone will want more. Someone always can come up with a more complex condition than you envisioned. Instead, provide a means to specify class that Log4J2 will instantiate; the class will implement some new SPI that simply evaluates for a boolean. Example: {code} public interface FilterCondition { public boolean evaluate(SomeContext context); } {code} was (Author: paul4christ79): I advise not to construct boolean logic out of XML tags. Why? Because whatever you think is acceptable someone will want more. Someone always can come up with a more complex condition than you envisioned. Instead, provide a means to specify class that Log4J2 will instantiate; the class will implements some new SPI that simply evaluates for a boolean. Example: {code} public interface FilterCondition { public boolean evaluate(SomeContext context); } {code} > Feature request: auto-delete older log files > --------------------------------------------- > > Key: LOG4J2-435 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-435 > Project: Log4j 2 > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Arkin Yetis > Assignee: Remko Popma > Labels: Rollover > Fix For: 2.5 > > Attachments: LimitingRolloverStrategy.java, SizeParser.java > > > Original description: > {quote} > DefaultRolloverStrategy max attribute only applies if you have a %i in the > file pattern. This request is to enhance DefaultRolloverStrategy or another > appropriate component to allow a max number of files limit to apply across > days/months/years when a filePattern includes a date pattern. > {quote} > ---- > One of the most requested features is to add the ability to Log4j to "clean > up" older log files. This usually means deleting these files, although it > could also mean moving them to a different location, or some combination of > these. > Users have different requirements for selecting the files to clean up. A > common request is the ability to keep the last X number of log files. This > works well if rollover is only date based but may give undesired results with > size based rollover. > Another factor to consider is that the directory containing the log files may > contain the log files for multiple appenders, or even files unrelated to > logging. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org