You should also be able to use ClassLoader to find a config file somewhere
on the class path. Here is what I did :
URL configURL =
Log4JConfigurator.class.getClassLoader().getResource(configFile);
PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch(configURL.getPath(), delay);
>
> Hello
>
> Another newbie question.
> I need to use dynamic property file, that is i need my code
> to detect the
> changes in log4j.properties and update itself without me
> restarting it (my
> code must run 24 by 7). With the help from this list i did
> the following
>
> static Category category = Category.getInstance(cat_name);
>
> main ()
> {
> PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch("conf/log4j.properties", 1000);
> }
>
> and it works. Unfortunately, all the property files need to
> be in the conf
> directory. Since my conf directory is in my classpath,
> Category.getInstance() will find it. But for
> PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch() i need to specify
> the whole path,
> since (by trial and looking in the code) it takes the
> filename relative to
> the running directory.
> Is there a way for me to use log4j api and get the whole
> path, instead of
> hardcoding it, since i want to be very flexible and do not
> want to recompile
> all the code if location of my property files would change.
>
> thank you
> boris
>
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