I am using log4j 1.2.8 which I have congifured using the XML configuration. I have defined four category entires in my log file and I have now encountered some unexpected (for me at least) behaviour.
The loggers are configured as follows:
<category name="X" > <priority value="debug" /> </category>
<category name="Y" > <priority value="debug" /> </category>
<category name="X.Z" > <priority value="debug" /> </category>
<category name="Y.Z" > <priority value="debug" /> </category>
<root> <priority value="INFO"/> <appender-ref ref="MyFile"/> </root>
I have turned the log4j debug output on and it seems that the X and Y and X.Z categories are being created correctly. However according to the debug output the Y.Z logger is not being created as Y.Z but as X.Y.Z.
I can only guess that because X is defined as the parent logger of Z in Category X.Z that log4j is automatically expanding the Y.Z to X.Z because it already thinks that X is an ancestor of X.
Is this the way log4j works and if so why? Can I not define my loggers using the names I have defined above?
Tom
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