> I had hoped that > the Appender would be created once when the app starts but > this does not appear to be the case (although I'm enough > information to even state that).
Appenders are either created programmatically or by loading a config file. If loading from a config file the appender will be created, if referenced by a <root> or <logger> element in the same file. The appender will be closed when the application terminates. If the config APIs are used to reload a config file then the appender will be closed and a new appender created. In most cases therefore the appender will be created a configure time and not closed until the application terminates. Cheers, Nicko
