This is where a DSL is slightly handy, in order to keep the syntax pretty compact and readable...but, as I mentioned, there are limitations (building an 'around' operator is probably tricky).
Scott On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:24 AM, ralph.goers @dslextreme.com < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Scott Deboy <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The 'Rule' interface, RuleFactory and LoggingEventFieldResolver are used >> to support expressions..simple stuff, but it works...maybe it's time to >> throw this away completely and leverage a third-party API instead? >> >> Rule, RuleFactory >> >> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/companions/extras/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/rule/ >> >> ExpressionFilter: >> >> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/companions/extras/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/filter/ >> >> LoggingEventFieldResolver: >> >> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4j/companions/extras/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/spi/ >> >> > Thanks. I'll take a look at these tonight. I thought I looked through > companions at some point looking for stuff to pull in. This just may not > have been obvious or I might have decided (perhaps incorrectly) that the > RegexFilter provided similar functionality. > > If these do what I think it might make more sense to leverage Java 5/6's > ability to leverage scripting languages in a Filter. I've thought about > doing that anyway. > > Ralph >
