Frank-Olaf, Mark Womack has taken the lead on this. I am sure he would be interested to see what you have done. Thanks for the offer by the way.
At 09:27 26.06.2002 +0000, Frank-Olaf Lohmann wrote: >I have written a wrapper class that implements Configurator that wraps >ConfigureAndWatch. >Than used the DefaultInit method described in >http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/manual.html#defaultInit >I have also introduced a property so I am able to set the watch time at >start time. Not that convenient as with the xml but sufficient for me. > >If you like code please let me know. > >Ceki: Is that interesting as a contribution to log4j? > >Regards >Frank-Olaf Lohmann > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25.06.2002 18.04 Uhr >>> >You can set the config file from a system property. You can set the >internal log4j debug from a system property or from within the config >file. But if you want to configure and watch, you have to do that from >within the code. > >The problem with this is in J2EE environments, you may have one external >log4j.xml file for the server, and multiple .ear files. If you have to >write code to start it up, you end up using something like a startup >servlet, having to deal with what happens when the .ear file is >reloaded, etc. It's a lot simpler (and more desirable) to simply handle >this with the external configuration file. > >For example, you could put it in the log4j.xml file along side the debug >attribute of the log4j:configuration element, i.e. > ><log4j:configuration debug="true" > watchDelay="60" > xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";> > ... ></log4j:configuration> > >Or you could put it in the system parameters, e.g. > java -Dlog4j.watchDelay=60 > >Perhaps this has been discussed previously and there are reasons for not >doing it... but it seems like something that would be universally >desirable. Am I missing something? > >--- >Tim Dawson office: 952.941.8278x13 >Lead Technical Architect mobile: 612.384.5729 >Notiva Corporation fax: 952.941.4596 > >Notiva - optimizing trade relationships > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Ceki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
