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Axieum commented on LOG4J2-2830:
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Hi Ralph,
I am developing a Java add-on (my project) to a Java program (their project)
which utilises Log4J for its logging. In my project, I can create a new Log4j
Logger instance and logging to it logs to "their project"'s configuration and
hence log files. This is great.
Now, my project uses a dependency
[DV8FromTheWorld/JDA|[https://github.com/DV8FromTheWorld/JDA#logging-framework---slf4j]]
which uses SLF4j for its logging. Hence, I add the
`org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j18-impl` dependency, which allows the
dependency to log its messages to "their project"'s configuration and hence log
files. However, I would rather like to redirect these (JDA) log messages to my
own `log4j.xml` configuration so I can separate its logs from "their project"
logs.
Hopefully this diagram may help visualise the problem space
: !Untitled Diagram.jpg!
> How to merge an additional `log4j.xml` file post-initialisation?
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>
> Key: LOG4J2-2830
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2830
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: Question
> Components: API, Configuration, Configurators
> Affects Versions: 2.13.2
> Environment: * Java 1.8
> * Log4j2 2.13.2
> * Gradle 6.3
> Reporter: Axieum
> Priority: Major
> Labels: newbie
> Attachments: Untitled Diagram.jpg
>
>
> I am creating an add-on for a framework which, by the time my add-on begins
> to load, has already established and loaded its own `log4j.xml` file. I would
> like to have my `log4j.xml` file merged and loaded.
>
> I am able to manually achieve this by, in development, modifying the run
> configuration to include my `log4j.xml` path in the
> `-log4j.configurationFile=their_file.xml,my_file.xml`. But this is not a
> solution.
>
> I cannot find a way to have my add-on run some static code before the
> framework.
> Is it possible for the framework to remove their hardcoded configuration
> path, and allow Log4j2 to automatically search and find all `log4j.xml` files
> on the class path?
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