I would have started with the latter. To me this seems to be more of a
layout issue. When I consider extending log4j I look at the appender
and layout classes. To each his own, I guess.
-- Don
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>
> Well, I don't *have* to, but I have a special type of Exception,
> which
> contains a stack of previous caught exceptions. My exception also
> contains a priority among others. Thus, I want to print the complete
> list of exceptions according to the loglevel/priority + stack-number
> and
> so on.
>
> To do this I, I think my options in Log4J are:
> 1) Write a subclass of Category, with a method like this:
> ExceptionCategory.log(MyException me);
> which in turn will call Category.fatal(String s) where s is the
> computed
> logstring.
> 2) I can make a method in my own converter-class, like this:
> MyException me = new MyException(1000,new String[]
> {some,run,time,values},caughtThrowable);
> String computedLogString = Converter.translateS(me);
> Priority p = Converter.translateP(me)
> cat.log(computedLogString, p); // or whatever the log-method
> accepts.
> The latter seem to be unecessary when I can use the first? It may be
> that
> this Nested Diagnostic Context will do, but I honestly don't know how
> this
> will apply to my 'problem'. But because of the possibility of
> subclassing
> Category, and would say that my needs are being met.
>
>
> >Why did you think it was necessary to make a subclass of Category? I
> >don't understand what you mean by you need to log your exceptions
> your
> >way. How were your needs not being met?
>
> -- Don
>
> >> I had to make a subclass of Category, in order to log my
> exceptions
> >> my way. Then I made an ExceptionCategoryFactory. At first this
> seemed
> >> to work
>
>
>
> mvh
> Morten Simonsen
>
>
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