Thank you very mcuh Scott. So we need to use log4j1.2 only and need to write a filter class which does logging based on specified message, and configure in log4j.xml.
Regards, Praveen On 1/2/06, Scott Deboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Filters are supported in 1.2 - ExpressionFilter is new with 1.3. > > I wouldn't use 1.3 in production - it's still at an alpha release. > > I believe you can't configure filters via a properties file - you need to > use an xml configuration file. > > If you have an xml file and a properties file, only the xml configuration > will be used. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: Praveen Kumar Hasthalapuram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon 1/2/2006 7:48 AM > To: Log4J Users List > Subject: Re: Logging custom levels using log4j > > Thanks Scott, > > Currenlty we are using log4j1.2 , but to support filters we need to use > log4j1.3 right? > Will it be major changes needed to change it to higher version? > > And currently we are using log4j.properties for all types of logging. > In addition to that, to configure filters, we need to use log4j.xml for > configuring. > > Can we have both the type of configurations? (i.e log4j.xml for filters > and > log4j.properties for others) > > Which one will take precedence? > > Regards, > Praveen > > On 12/30/05, Scott Deboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't think you can specify filters in the properties file format - > use > > an xml config file instead. > > > > Here's an example: > > > > <appender name="someAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout"/> > > <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.ExpressionFilter"> > > <param name="Expression" value="msg ~= blah" /> > > <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="true"/> > > <param name="ConvertInFixToPostFix" value="true"/> > > </filter> > > <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.DenyAllFilter"/> > > </appender> > > > > The denyallfilter makes sure the events are dropped if they weren't > > accepted by the expression filter. > > > > Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Praveen Kumar Hasthalapuram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Fri 12/30/2005 6:46 AM > > To: Log4J Users List > > Subject: Re: Logging custom levels using log4j > > > > Hi , > > > > We are using Struts framework for our product(application) and using > > logj.properties file to configure logging. > > > > How can i configure Expression-based filters in log4j.properties? Is it > > possible to configure in properties file? > > > > One more basic question, Can we use both log4j.properties and > log4j.xmlfile > > to configure for an application? > > Could anyone clarify me. > > > > Thanks > > -Praveen > > > > On 12/29/05, Praveen Kumar Hasthalapuram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Scott, > > > > > > I think this will help me. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Praveen > > > > > > On 12/29/05, Scott Deboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > You can do this using log4j 1.3 using ExpressionFilter, or you could > > > > write your own filter that does the same thing. > > > > > > > > Route all the events to both file appenders, and specify a different > > > > ExpressionFilter on each appender. > > > > > > > > An example expression you would use with ExpressionFilter: > > > > MSG ~= SNMP > > > > > > > > Remember to put spaces around the operators, etc. > > > > > > > > You can find out more information on the expression syntax by > viewing > > > > Chainsaw V2's tutorial: > > > > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/chainsaw.html > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Praveen Kumar Hasthalapuram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Thu 12/29/2005 9:17 AM > > > > To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org > > > > Subject: Logging custom levels using log4j > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I need to log specified particular type of messages to one log file > > and > > > > rest > > > > to another log file. > > > > For example say, if message contains "SNMP" or "CDP" and so on, > need > > to > > > > log > > > > in to log1.log and > > > > rest of the messages need to log in to log2.log > > > > How to configure the log4j.properties to log custom levels? > > > > Is there any provision to create custom levels and to configure it? > > > > > > > > I heard that we can do this with the use of Filters. > > > > > > > > Could anyone suggest me better solution for this. > > > > > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > > Praveen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
