Vikram,
Here are my comments: Note that for the build to be successful, you will need to have the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API in your classpath, as well. JMX API is not required to build log4j. The signs indicate the ordering of the logging that log4j follows. No signs appear in the text. Open up config-simple.properties in a text editor. It contains three lines (besides comments). The first line, log4j.rootLogger=debug, R tells log4j that the level of the root logger is at DEBUG. This is the default and is not required. The value after the comma, R, is required. It tells log4j that the root logger has an appender attached to it and that the name of the appender is "R." The rest of the lines in this file tell log4j about the properties of this appender R. "R" is not the most descriptive name for a ConsoleAppender. In the following examples, appenders are also named as "R". Thus, there is a risk that the reader might be induced to believe that "R" is a name with magical properties. A note of warning, though, about using the JDBCAppender in the current version of log4j: the documentation says that it is going to be completely replaced in the future with a revamped version. Although the inner working of this appender might change, the way one goes about using it is unlikely to change. There is a strong chance that JDBCAppender will be re-written with fixed columns which will result in a simpler interface. In the JDBC example you do not provide instructions for configuring the database table. You should at least say that it is the reader's responsibility to configure the table. So what code changes are needed to start logging to the database now? None! That is where the enormous power of log4j really manifests itself. To start logging to the database, we don't need to make any code changes. Albeit the WEB-INF/web.xml file has to be modified. I enjoyed reading your article. It is written in an easy-to-read style and covers much ground in a short amount of space. Moreover, your sample web-application conveys useful information succinctly. The log4j website has been updated with a link to your article. At 00:14 13.08.2002 +1000, you wrote: >Hi All, > >I had put a link to a article I wrote on onjava.com. >(http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/08/07/log4j.html) in an earlier >post. > >1. I would really appreciate if I could get some honest feedback. :) This >was my first article online and I just want to know whether to stop now >before its too late. > >2. How do I get about listing it on the log4j site? According to the info on >the website, I just need to send a message to this list. Right ? > >Thanks for any answers/feedback. > >Regards, >Vikram -- Ceki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
