I pass in the Java property that points to the whatever configuration I want
at the time. Usually I use the log4j.properties file with the console
appender & rolling file appender, slightly modified for my purposes.
Basically, the format of that file is covered under documentation at the
log4j website( http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j )
Returning to the topic at hand, my run_orion.bat has the following line:
java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:///orion/cfg/log4j.properties orion.jar
The property value I provide is just a URL to a local file. I find it handy
to able to specify what configuration file I want while developing. In
theory, the PropertyConfigurator checks a number of places, including the
classpath, for the log4j.properties file. It doesn't seem to work for me,
but someone else on this list can probably help you out if you want to go
that route.
As far as I can tell, using log4j violates the letter of EJB spec, but not
the spirit. Works just fine for me, so I'm going to go with the pragmatic
route and fix things later if need be.
hth...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd M Benge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:39 PM
Subject: log4j and ejb
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use log4j to log from an enterprise bean. I've been able
> to get a bean to log to stdout using the BasicConfigurator but am not
> able to get it to log using either the DOMConfigurator or the
> PropertyConfigurator. I believe Property and DOM configurators need a
> file to set up the appenders. Has anybody been successful in using a
> configurator othere than the BasicConfigurator with a bean? If so, how?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd
>
