Yes. This answers my question. Given that 1.2 is still beta, I guess this means it'll be a while before this is released in 1.3.
Oh well... :( -R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ceki Gülcü" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Log4J Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Default XML file? > > In log4j 1.3, log4j will first search for log4j.xml and second for > log4j.properties > unless the log4j.configuration system property was specified by the user. > > Does that answer your request? > > At 12:14 01.04.2002 -0700, Ray Thomas wrote: > >I know log4j finds log4j.properties automatically if it is placed in the > >classpath. Is there any "default" xml config file or does xml based > >configuration always require -Dlog4j.configuration=whatever.xml > >to be specified when the JVM starts? (Command line length is already an > >issue with other such -D options). > > > >If this feature is not in log4j yet, the following code would find > >log4j.xml in the context classloader's classpath (the same way > >ResourceBundle does). However, loading this way might not give the XML > >parser enough info to find the dtd by relative reference. i.e. The dtd > >might need to be hosted locally on a webserver and referenced as > >http://localhost/dtds/log4j.dtd or possibly copied to the user.home > >directory for the jvm. > > > > ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader(); > > InputStream configInputStream = > >classLoader.getResourceAsStream("log4j.xml"); > > InputStreamReader configReader = new > >InputStreamReader(configInputStream); > > configDOMDocument = myXmlParser.parse(new InputSource(configReader)); > > > >-R > > -- > Ceki > My link of the month: > http://www.suntimes.com/output/otherviews/cst-edt-ref31.html > > > -- > 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]>
