OK, that makes sense. Here are some relevant rules. 0) When reading a new config file, the existing log4j configuration is not reset. 1) See rule 0. 3) Whenever a category element is seen in the config file, then all the existing appenders for THAT category are closed and then removed from the category. After that, any appenders referenced by the category element are parsed and initialized if they haven't been previously. 4) From rule 0, it follows that existing categories that are not mentioned in the config file remain untouched. 5) Did I mention rule 1? In your case, a.b.c.myclass.foo and a.b.c.myclass.foo.doo are referring to a closed instance of CMD. The category element for a.b.c.myclass caused CMD to be closed and opened again. By the way, why are setting the additivity for a.b.c.myclass.foo and a.b.c.myclass.foo.doo to false? Why don't you let them inherit CMD from a.b.c.myclass? Hope this helps, Ceki At 09:29 08.06.2001 +0200, you wrote: >Hi Paul (and the others), > >this my log4j.xml file. During runtime i removed the 2 outcommenting lines. >And later, i commented out again these category declarations. >As i said, log4j recognize the new declarations during runtime, but has a >problem when i 'remove' them during runtime. > >log4j:ERROR Attempted to append to closed appender named [CMD]. >log4j:WARN Not allowed to write to a closed appender. > > >Regards >Stefan > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> ><!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> > ><log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j='http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/' > > ><appender name="CMD" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> > <param name="Threshold" value="INFO"/> > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p >%-35c %M() > %m%n"/> > </layout> ></appender> > ><category name="a.b.c.myclass" additivity="false"> > <priority value="WARN" /> > <appender-ref ref="CMD" /> ></category> > ><!-- ><category name="a.b.c.myclass.foo" additivity="false"> > <priority value="INFO" /> > <appender-ref ref="CMD" /> ></category> ><category name="a.b.c.myclass.foo.doo" additivity="false"> > <priority value="DEBUG" /> > <appender-ref ref="CMD" /> ></category> >--> > > ></log4j:configuration> > >-----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- >Von: Paul Glezen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Gesendet: Freitag, 8. Juni 2001 07:19 >An: LOG4J Users Mailing List >Betreff: Re: Changing log4j config on the fly with 'configureAndWatch()' > > >Could you provide a snipet of the configuration file indicating the >entries you added and then took out. > >Thanks, >- Paul > >-- >Beware of bugs in the above code. I have >only proved it correct, not tried it. >-Don Knuth > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ceki Gülcü --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
