Thanks. I assumed my 'BUSINESS' level is working using the <CustomLevel>,
though I haven't tried it yet as I was trying to validate redefining existing
level.
Thanks,
Nick
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:32:01 -0700
> Subject: Re: redefining existing levels?
> From: garydgreg...@gmail.com
> To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
>
> Nick,
>
> Your BUSINESS level should be configurable per
> https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/customloglevels.html#DefiningLevelsInConfiguration
>
> I can't look into the rest ATM.
>
> Gary
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote:
>
> > I guess I should have mentioned, though it's probably obvious, that I'm
> > only interested in a configuration based solution. I'm not looking for a
> > code solution.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
> > From: nic...@msn.com
> > To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: redefining existing levels?
> > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:05:47 -0400
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. I've seen that documentation and it appears to be
> > geared toward defining (NEW) custom levels. It doesn't mention anything
> > about redefining existing log4j2 levels. I also tried it and so far in my
> > testing it doesn't seem to work. Below is a snippet of my config. By the
> > way, you'll see that I am currently trying the <CustomLevel> and <level>.
> > At first I had just tried <CustomLevel> but it didn't appear to work so I
> > thought I would put the same elements I have in my .NET config which work.
> > Unfortunately it still doesn't work.
> >
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > <level>
> > <name value="OFF"/>
> > <value value="500"/>
> > </level>
> > <CustomLevels>
> > <CustomLevel name="OFF" intLevel="500"/>
> > </CustomLevels>
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > <Loggers>
> > <Logger name="HelloWorld" level="OFF">
> > <AppenderRef ref="debug"/>
> > </Logger>
> > <Root>
> > </Root>
> > </Loggers>
> >
> > I then set my logger level to "OFF" and didn't see any debug events show
> > up. If I set the level to "DEBUG" they show up in the log. The docs say
> > that DEBUG is set to 500, so me setting OFF to 500 and then setting the
> > level on my logger to OFF should have allowed the debug events to flow to
> > the log file, correct?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:50:32 -0700
> > > Subject: Re: redefining existing levels?
> > > From: garydgreg...@gmail.com
> > > To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
> > >
> > > Nicholas,
> > >
> > > Yes, please see
> > > https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/customloglevels.html
> > >
> > > If the documentation can be improved, please let us know how.
> > >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can existing log4j2 levels be redefined? I'm able to do this in
> > log4net.
> > > > I have yet to see any documentation telling me that I can do it,
> > however,
> > > > there was none telling me I could do it for .NET either. I just
> > happen to
> > > > stumble upon a post which eluded to it. Here is what I've done in a
> > > > log4net config file:
> > > >
> > > > <configuration>
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > <log4net>
> > > > <level>
> > > > <name value="Off"/>
> > > > <value value="40000"/>
> > > > <level>
> > > > <level>
> > > > <name value="Business"/>
> > > > <value value="130000"/>
> > > > <level>
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > </log4net>
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > </configuration>
> > > >
> > > > As you can see I created my own 'Business' level. I also redefined
> > Off to
> > > > 40000 which happens to be the INFO level. This makes it such that if
> > they
> > > > set the level to Off they will still receive INFO and higher level
> > events.
> > > >
> > > > Can the same thing be done in log4j2?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Nick
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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