Yes, this is certainly possible. The SMTPAppender works in a similar fashion.
At 03:09 PM 8/11/2003 +0200, you wrote:
Dear log4j users,
Currently I'm evaluating log4j 1.2.8 to replace an other Java Trace package (see http://visibleworkings.com/trace/) in our applications. Log4j's big advantage is its performance, but still I'm missing a feature that is present in the Java Trace package: the ability to dump a wrap-around buffer of, let's say, the last 500 log messages in the log file.
The wrap-around buffer (think of it as an array of let's say 500 log messages) contains at any moment, the last 500 log messages. The idea is that the logger has 2 log levels: one which determines what level is present in the log file (or std out or whatever), another which determines at what level the internal wrap-around buffer is filled with messages. This way, it is possible to let your application log at level INFO, while the internal buffer keeps all messages of level DEBUG or higher. When an exception is thrown, the user should have the ability to request a dump of the buffer, such that the more detailed DEBUG messages are also present in the log file to make debugging more easy.
Is this possible in log4j? If not, has anyone a workaround for this or should I ask for a feature request?
Kind regards, Patrick Hancke Siemens Atea IC D BS PD2 tel ++32(0)14 - 25 24 27 fax ++32(0)14 - 25 30 25
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