Hi,
I've configured Log4j using the configuration file log4j.xml. However
when the web application is deployed I'd like the deployer to be able to
override some of the settings (specifically from and to address) as easily
as possible. To make it easy for them the application itself can be
configured outside of the war file in a properties file. I'd like to add
the from and to settings to this file and then using a
ServletContextListener programmatically set the from and to fields of the
SMTPAppender. Here is my code:
Log4J.configureServerLogger(event);
Logger log = Logger.getLogger(Log4JContextListener.class);
log.debug("****Log4J configured****");
if (log.getParent().getAppender("SSO-SMTP-ERROR") instanceof
SMTPAppender) {
SMTPAppender appender = (SMTPAppender)
log.getParent().getAppender("SSO-SMTP-ERROR");
if (appender != null) {
log.getParent().removeAppender(appender);
SMTPAppender newAppender = this.copy(appender);
String from =
SsoProperties.getString(Property.LOG4JFROM.toString());
String to =
SsoProperties.getString(Property.LOG4JTO.toString());
if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(from)) {
log.debug("Setting SMTPAppender from: " +
from);
newAppender.setFrom(from);
}
if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(to)) {
log.debug("Setting SMTPAppender to: " +
to);
newAppender.setTo(to);
}
log.getParent().addAppender(newAppender);
} else {
log.info("Unable to find an SMTPAppender named
SSO-SMTP-ERROR. Emails will not be sent from Log4J.");
}
}
The problem is that the from and to values that are used are those in the
log4j.xml config file. When I inspect the code later at runtime I notice
that the appender appears to have the correct from and to values that I
set programmatically but still the email is being sent to the wrong
recipients.
Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks & Regards
Ted
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