Thanks for the update. Please let me know if I can be of assistance.

Ralph

On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Peter DePasquale wrote:

> I have some theories. Unfortunately, I've had to travel to Rhode Island for 
> two talks that didn't occur because of the hurricane. Now that I'm stranded 
> here I'm hoping to spend a little time on the issue. There's definitely a 
> class naming resolution problem that's occurring. However I think it's only 
> happening when the file is jarred because I can get everything to work 
> correctly on the commandline execution approach. I was earlier able to change 
> the name of the conflicting classes and execute the program without jarring 
> it and all of the logging features work perfectly. I was also able to not 
> change the names executed on the commandline and everything worked perfectly. 
>  However once I jar of the program or create a war file for tomcat deployment 
> the problem manifests itself again. But I have not been able to do because of 
> time, is try the renaming approach and confirming that this is the root 
> cause. As I said I'm stuck here in the hurricane and hoping to work on it the 
> next day or two. However my teaching duties have distracted from my ability 
> to work on this problem.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Oct 29, 2012, at 10:11 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Did you make any progress on this?
>> 
>> Ralph
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Peter J. DePasquale wrote:
>> 
>>> Debugging on the train.... it's in the name of the class!!!! More later!!!!
>>> 
>>> Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> BTW - I just want to make sure that you are aware that instead of unzipping 
>>> all your jars and rezipping into one new jar that another alternative you 
>>> have is to just place all the jars in one directory.  Then, instead of 
>>> placing the log4j jars in lib/ext or combining them with your classes you 
>>> would do:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> java -cp "lib/*:target/classes" com.test.App
>>> 
>>> Ralph
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Peter DePasquale wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> OK, I'll try as you suggested when I can... I'm leaving to head to a
>>> talk at Google in NYC, so this may not happen for a day or two...
>>> trying to avoid shipping you code, but if we have to I will.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the help!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Ralph Goers
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> OK - I tried my theory and didn't have any problems.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ralph
>>> 
>>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Ralph Goers wrote:
>>> 
>>> That is good to know. However, your test has spawned a suspicion that the 
>>> problem may be related to one class starting with the name of the other.  
>>> Try renaming Comtor or ComtorStandAlone so they don't overlap and see if 
>>> the problem goes away.  If it does then it is a bug in Log4j.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'll try modifying my test to emulate that and see if I get the problem.
>>> 
>>> Ralph
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Peter DePasquale wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> So I was able to download this and replicate your results.
>>> 
>>> I've adjusted my logger config to account for other classes in a
>>> different package (org.comtor rather than org.comtor.drivers) and that
>>> works. Thus, my issue apparently is specific to this particular one
>>> 
>>> class. Debugging continues as I have the time.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I copied the log4j api and core jars into 
>>> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Home/lib/ext/ on 
>>> my Mac.  I found a project I had used before that had two classes and 
>>> modified it slightly for this test.  I ran the test and got the following 
>>> output (which will probably look terrible after it is emailed).   The 
>>> log4j2.xml file was in the classes directory of my project so it could be 
>>> found in the
>>> classpath.  I will attempt to add the project zip to the email but I don't 
>>> know if this list accepts attachments.  I also got an output file which 
>>> should be in the "target" directory in the zip.
>>> 
>>> Ralph
>>> 
>>> 
>>> java -cp /Users/rgoers/test/log4jtest/test/target/classes com.test.App
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,908 DEBUG Generated plugins in 0.000012000 seconds
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,916 DEBUG Calling createFilter on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.filter.ThresholdFilter for element 
>>> ThresholdFilter with params(level="ERROR", onMatch="ACCEPT", 
>>> onMismatch="DENY")
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,920 DEBUG Calling createLayout on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout for element 
>>> PatternLayout with params(pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %class{36} %L 
>>> %M - %msg%xEx%n", Configuration, null, charset="null")
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,920 DEBUG Generated plugins in 0.000010000 seconds
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,922 DEBUG Calling createAppender on class
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.ConsoleAppender for element Console 
>>> with params(PatternLayout(%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %class{36} %L %M - 
>>> %msg%xEx%n), ThresholdFilter(ERROR), target="SYSTEM_OUT", name="Console", 
>>> suppressExceptions="null")
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,923 DEBUG Calling createLayout on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout for element 
>>> PatternLayout with params(pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %class{36} %L 
>>> %M - %msg%xEx%n", Configuration, null, charset="null")
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,925 DEBUG Calling createAppender on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.FileAppender for element File with 
>>> params(fileName="target/test.log", append="false", locking="null", 
>>> name="log", immediateFlush="null", suppressExceptions="null", 
>>> bufferedIO="null", PatternLayout(%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %class{36} %L %M 
>>> - %msg%xEx%n), null)
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,943 DEBUG Starting FileManager target/test.log
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,943 DEBUG Calling
>>> createAppenders on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.AppendersPlugin for element 
>>> appenders with params(appenders={Console, log})
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,944 DEBUG Generated plugins in 0.000016000 seconds
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,945 DEBUG Calling createAppenderRef on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderRef for element appender-ref 
>>> with params(ref="log", level="null", null)
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,946 DEBUG Calling createLogger on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig for element logger with 
>>> params(additivity="false", level="trace", name="com.test", 
>>> appender-ref={org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderRef@44a613f8}, 
>>> properties={}, Configuration, null)
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,947 DEBUG Calling createAppenderRef on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderRef for element appender-ref 
>>> with params(ref="Console", level="null", null)
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,948 DEBUG Calling createLogger on class
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig$RootLogger for element 
>>> root with params(additivity="null", level="debug", 
>>> appender-ref={org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderRef@736921fd}, 
>>> properties={}, Configuration, null)
>>> 
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,949 DEBUG Calling createLoggers on class 
>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.LoggersPlugin for element 
>>> loggers with params(loggers={com.test, root})
>>> 2012-10-23 00:44:26,950 DEBUG Reconfiguration completed
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 10:02 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK - I haven't tried installing into lib/ext. I will see if I can create a 
>>> couple of classes to emulate what you are describing until you can get me a 
>>> zip. I assume one or both of these has a main?  Where did you place 
>>> log4j2.xml?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ralph
>>> 
>>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Peter
>>> DePasquale wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yep, both in one jar (mine), with the two log4j2 jars in the /lib/ext
>>> area.  Will have to work on the zip and get back to you....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Ralph Goers
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> In theory, what you are describing should be working.  Are the two classes 
>>> in one jar with Log4j in separate jars? Is it possible for you to provide a 
>>> zip of your project with the two classes exactly as it is packaged?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ralph
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Peter DePasquale wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ok, I'm new, and I'm stumped.  Here's my log4j2 config
>>> file:
>>> 
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>> <configuration status="debug">
>>> <appenders>
>>> <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
>>> 
>>> <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
>>> </Console>
>>> 
>>> <File name="DriversFile" fileName="trace-drivers.txt"
>>> suppressExceptions="false" append="false">
>>> 
>>> <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %p %C [%t] %m%n"/>
>>> </File>
>>> </appenders>
>>> 
>>> <loggers>
>>> <logger name="org.comtor.drivers" level="trace" additivity="false">
>>> 
>>> <appender-ref ref="DriversFile"/>
>>> </logger>
>>> 
>>> <root level="error">
>>> <appender-ref ref="Console"/>
>>> </root>
>>> </loggers>
>>> </configuration>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Note that the config status="debug". I have two classes that I'm
>>> monkeying with to get Log4J2 working. They are:
>>> 
>>> org.comtor.drivers.Comtor, and
>>> org.comtor.drivers.ComtorStandAlone
>>> 
>>> At this point, I'm only using a handful (and I mean small numbers
>>> 
>>> here) of .trace(), .entry(), and .exit() method calls.
>>> 
>>> If I do this in file #2 (ComtorStandAlone), I can get the tracing to
>>> write to the file specified in the config file above (as well as DEBUG
>>> statements from log4j2 on the console). Ok, cool. But when I add
>>> 
>>> logging to the first file (Comtor) thereby in theory logging from two
>>> classes in the program, NOTHING happens. No config file logging to the
>>> console, no output file, nothing.
>>> 
>>> Am I misunderstanding the capability to have the "org.comtor.drivers"
>>> 
>>> logger catch, process, and write to the same file? In fact, if I only
>>> create the Logger object in the second file (private static Logger
>>> logger = LogManager.getLogger(Comtor.class.getName());) without
>>> attempting to call .trace(), .entry(), or .exit(), the problem
>>> 
>>> manifests itself (no output, no file, nothing).
>>> 
>>> I'd appreciate any insight here, as I'm really at a loss. Thanks.
>>> 
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