Do you know about Chainsaw: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/images/chainsaw-fullscreen.jpg
Its a log viewer that is able to display logging events in real-time from UDP, files, etc. sources. Its very configurable. You're able to restrict messages from just certain loggers, certain levels, etc. To set it up you need to make a config file for it and tell it load this file when the program starts. I call mine Udp.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";> <plugin name="UDPReceiver" class="org.apache.log4j.net.UDPReceiver"> <param name="Port" value="8080" /> </plugin> </log4j:configuration> Then you need add an UdpAppender in your application's log4net config: <appender name="UdpAppender" type="log4net.Appender.UdpAppender"> <remoteAddress value="127.0.0.1" /> <remotePort value="8080" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j"> <locationInfo value="true" /> </layout> </appender> Here is the download link: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/webstart/chainsaw/chainsaw-bundle.zip --- Immo Landwerth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > First of all I have to say that Log4Net is the best logging library I > have ever seen. Our company evaluated between 5 and 10 logging apis, > some of them were even commercial ones. But Log4Net really kicks ass! > :-) > > For our company I have written a log viewer that listens on UDP. This > tool works just fine but as you guys know UDP has one major problem: > Sometimes messages are just "eaten", sometimes they come in a wrong > order etc. For logging purposes where performance of the app is more > important than 100 % correct log behaviour UDP might be the correct > choice. For the purposes of our company performance is not an issue > but we use this tool for live-diagnosis of customer problems. > > So I wonder if you guys could create a TCP appender? I guess many > people would love that, too :-) > > Thanks, > > Best regards, > > Immo Landwerth > Software Developer > __________________________________ > > The Project Group GmbH > - your project experts. - > Neherstraße 9 > 81675 München > Germany > > Fon +49 (89) 61 55 93 - 51 > Fax +49 (89) 61 55 93 - 40 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.TheProjectGroup.de > __________________________________ >
