Hi Reshma,
i've done this on my project, you can have a look at it
* for the user doc:
http://raccoon.sourceforge.net/userGuide1.html#Log
* the class itself is here:
http://raccoon.sourceforge.net/javadoc/raccoon/service/log/LogState.html
hope this helps,
cedric
Quoting Reshma Badadhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
> I am looking into the approach suggested by Van i.e making logging a
> static
> utility class. I have a Logger class which is as follows:
>
> public class Logger
> {
> //this instance is used for logging to a Trace log
> static public Category traceCat = Category.getInstance("Trace" +
> Logger.class.getName());
> //this instance is used for logging to an Error log
> static public Category errCat = Category.getInstance("Error" +
> Logger.class.getName());
>
> static
> {
> PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch("xxx.cfg",60000);
> }
>
> }
>
> This class can be then used by other modules that want to log messages.
> But
> i have some million-dollar questions to ask u "Know-It-Alls" ;-)
>
> #1) I want the appender corresponding to the traceCat instance to log
> only
> debug and info messages i.e in the Trace log.
> PropertyConfigurator doesnt support filters. And i tried adding code to
> do
> so but failed.
> So what options do i have?
> #2) I thought of adding a Constructor to use the single instance
> approach.
> Will this help in logging messages to same logfile in an appserver
> environment ( message: "Multiple JVMs writing to one log file"). For
> the
> same reason, i've used the static initializer to configure the logging
> environment. Does this approach have any flaws?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> resh
>
>
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