What about using the XMLLayout format for the log files. This format stores all the information and is very easy to parse again.
I wrote a simple SAX based parser for Chainsaw that does exactly this. Oliver > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2002 23:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Serialized event logging > > > There's probably an easy answer to this one. > > The preferred "file" format we'd like to use to log our events in is as serialized > LoggingEvent objects (since we're a server, and we'd like to leave > layout/formatting/filtering down to the viewer of the log when it's browsed). > > It looks an easy task, but we'd also like similar facilities to the various > FileAppenders/RollingFileAppenders etc. in terms of buffered i/o and rollover. > Seems a shame to have to re-do all of this code, just to get an "unlayed-out" > object. > > Anyone played with this area at all or got any thoughts? > > -- Rob Walker > SoftSell Business Systems, Ltd. > ' testing solutions for a changing world ' > > +44 (20) 7488 3470 > www.softsell.com > [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]>
