You might want to have a look at:
http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/manual/manual.html#defaultInit At 09:29 12.11.2001 +0000, Alan Pearlman Spencer wrote: >Hi, >A fellow TCD maths grad... >You should use (I think) >-Dlog4j.configurator= a class name for a configurator >(org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator >in your case I think) >and >-Dlog4j.properties= file name as a java resource >(ie/tcd/maths/log4j.properties if it is >in the ie.tcd.maths package). > >Hope this helps. >Alan. > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Lawless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 08 November 2001 21:12 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; James Lawless >Subject: WL 6.1 log4j.properties > > >Hello all, > >I began setting up log4j today to run with an application I am >developing >on BEA WebLogic App Server 6.1 > >I had a little bit of trouble getting to grip with log4j concepts at the >start as I didn't realise many of the classes and methods in the API are >taken care of for you via the configuration file. I was trying to >programatically set all my options whilst also struggling with a >propreties file. Eventually however I worked it out and seem to be on >the >road to happy logging now :-) > >The only real problem I still have is pointing the App Server at the >correct config file dynamically. i can get it to work by using a >PropertyConfigurator explicitly in the code to configure and pas in the >filename here. >In the documentation, it says that for Tomcat, config files path >calculations are performed from the class root., i.e. web-inf/classes > >I tried adding a system property -Dlog4j.configurator=logging.lcf to >the WebLogic startup script with logging.lcf in the web-inf/classes > directory and got no joy. > >I then tried to use the default mechanism and saved the file as >log4j.properties and placed this in the web-inf/classes directory. this >time I got an error message telling me that class [log4j.properties] >could >not be instantiated?? > >The only way I could get it to work was by explicitly setting the config >file programatically. I presume that what works for Tomcat should also >work for WebLogic, i.e. the approach above should work in theory? > >The other issue I had was that I set a String variable as the argument >to >Category.getInstance("mycat"); I then had to explicitly set the Appender >for mycat in the config file, the root category settings wouldn't apply. >Apparently if I had used Class.forName() instead, the root category >would >have been sufficient to use in aplying settings, is this true? > >Any light that anyone could shed on any of these issues would be greatly >appreciated, > >Thanks in advance, > >James > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >James Lawless B.A., M.Sc. Graduate Student, School of Maths, TCD >086 834 8869 www.maths.tcd.ie/~lawless >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- >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]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
