Nevermind, I found the answer just as soon as I posed my question to the entire world. :-)
FYI, for you folks who have similar issues, change: log4j.logger.SomeNamedCategoryThatIsSortOfChattyAtDebug=INFO to: log4j.loggerFactory=com.yourcompany.YourLogger log4j.logger.SomeNamedCategoryThatIsSortOfChattyAtDebug=INFO in my example property file. cheers, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Gingras, Stephen Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 6:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Properties file advise needed Does anyone know how I can specify the specific subclass for a Logger class for a named logger in a log4j property file (vice xml-based file)? I extended Logger and am now receiving the dreaded ClassCastException when I explicitly set the level of a named logger. I know why I am getting the exception and have also heard the arguments for wrapping instead of extending, but am stuck for reasons beyond the scope of this message. I have seen examples of how to specify the logger class in an xml-based log4j config file, but need advise for property files. We have quite a few of them. :) In general, we have property files that look like: log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, console, file log4j.logger.SomeNamedCategoryThatIsSortOfChattyAtDebug=INFO # console appender settings log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.console.Threshold=INFO log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d|%p|%c|%m%n # file appender settings log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender log4j.appender.file.Threshold=DEBUG log4j.appender.file.File=filename.log log4j.appender.file.Append=true log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d|%p|%c|%m%n log4j.appender.file.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd In the example above, the Logger named "SomeNamedCategoryThatIsSortOfChattyAtDebug" is not of type Logger, but is of a subtype of Logger. I need to let log4j know the subtype before it instantiates one first as type Logger to avoid the ClassCastException when I try to cast it to my custom Logger type later on. Thanks in advance for any advice that you may be able to offer. cheers, Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
