+1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 5:18 PM > To: 'Log4J Users List' > Subject: RE: sending email with exception > > > Hi guys, > > I am a newbie to log4j and looking how I can configure > > log4j.xml to send an exception and its stack trace to an > > email, as it happens using the SMTPEmailAppender. Ideally I > > would like to control or configure the exception object that > > would trigger an email (for ex: Send email for all exceptions > > that extend certain xyz exception class)..Is this possible? > > If not..what is closest thing that is possible without > > extending or changing log4j original source code.. > > Thanks > > Harsha > > Yes this is possible. You can set via configuration properties/xml on the > SMTPAppender the setEvaluatorClass property (so make sure you set the > "EvaluatorClass" property in the configuration), which takes a string of > the > fully qualified name of a class that must implement the > org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator interface. You can then > code > in your own class what will trigger the sending of the email. > > By default, the SMTPAppender installs a default TriggeringEventEvaluator > implementation that triggers on ERROR events, but you can do whatever you > like using your own impl of the interface. > > Hope that helps. > > cheers, > > Paul Smith >
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