Ah-ha! I'd missed resetConfiguration()
Does anyone know if this actually stops the watch thread started from configureAndWatch() ? Charlie Cano Bang Networks, Inc. Direct: 415.551.1209 http://www.bangnetworks.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Michael Wiwchar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:50 AM To: Log4J Users List Subject: Re: Turning of conf file watching Wy not use resetConfiguration method- then use either doConfigure or PropertyConfigurator.configure("myConfFile") I believe that overrides the PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch("myConfFile", 1000) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sara Prigge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Log4J Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: RE: Turning of conf file watching > Let's say you had two methods, one of them called configureAndWatch like: > public void doConfigureAndWatch(String configFile) { > PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch(configFile, 1000); > } > and one of them called the configure method like: > public void doConfigure(String configFile) { > PropertyConfigurator.configure(configFile); > } > If you made a call to the doConfigureAndWatch method, I do believe that it > would keep checking the config file, even if you made a call to the > doConfigure method afterwards. The reason why is because the > configureAndWatch method actually creates a thread that checks the config > file. I believe that if you call the configure method after the > configureAndWatch method, the thread that was created by the > configureAndWatch method is still alive. > > In my experience, I've only done one or the other. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Cano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:23 PM > To: Log4J Users List > Subject: RE: Turning of conf file watching > > > But does calling PropertyConfigurator.configure("myConfFile") override the > previous call, thereby turning off the watch? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sara Prigge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:20 AM > To: 'Log4J Users List' > Subject: RE: Turning of conf file watching > > You could use the configure method like: > PropertyConfigurator.configure("myConfFile"); > > I believe that will just load your config file. It will not check to see if > it's been updated. I'm not aware of being able to somehow "turn off" the > configureAndWatch method. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Cano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Turning of conf file watching > > > Hey all, > > Quick question: If I initialize a PropertyConfigurator with > > PropertyConfigurator.configureAndWatch("myConfFile", 1000); > > is there anyway I can turn that watch off? The API doc is not clear on this > issue. I basically want the ability to, at some future point, > programmatically stop checking the configuration file and auto-loading the > configuration. Is this possible? > > Thanks in advance, > Charlie > > -- > 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]> > > -- > 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]>
