This sounds very much like a feature that is present in Lumbermill (http://traxel.com/lumbermill/) ? Maybe we/you should look at how the ui is for this product, it is very simple to use.
/max ----- Original Message ----- From: "Volker Hartmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:06 AM Subject: LF5 - Hack > Hello! > > I like log4j very much. But I'm looking for a tool to > configure log4j graphically. > LF5 is nearby my vision. > > However I was missing the following features: > - it makes no sense to select the levels over all categories. > I want to select a level for special categories explicitly. > (e.g. first class debug-level, second class only error-level, > same for packages) > I did a hack for this, maybe you'll like it. > Selecting debug-level for a package, this is active for all > subclasses, subpackages until you'll overwrite this. > (Sure, no merit of my hack) > > - I want to write my configuration in a file to load it > also on later sessions by my application, using > DOMConfigurator. So you can take profit from using > methods like 'isDebugEnabled()'. > > There are some special features I would like to see in LF5: > 1. Maybe there should also be a option to clear level settings > for a node. (Oops, should I forgot to do this? ;-) ) > 2. For further hacks, there should be a possibility to > reset all Categories to level 'ALL' > 3. The top feature was a upgrade to support SocketAppender. > Disadvantage: You have no possibility to suppress any > logs, but for this you can write a xml file and > make it available for your application. > > I had a little problem during my hack: > There is one possibility to get Information about the parameters > of the Appenders. > But PropertyGetter always returns with the following message: > log4j:WARN Failed to get value of property ... !? > At the end I skipped these tests. > > Maybe you enjoy my suggestions. > > Yours sincerely > Volker > > | Volker Hartmann > _|___________________________________________________________ > ###### FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE, Technik und Umwelt > # Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE) > # > _|___________________________________________________________ > ###### P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, GERMANY > # > # > | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | http://fuzzy.fzk.de/~hartmann/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
