Howdy, Conversion words are in log4j 1.3, which has not yet been released. Although an Alpha is not far away...
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Lethin, Doug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:58 AM >To: Log4J Users List >Subject: RE: need functionality to truncate the tail of fields using Patte >rnLa yout > >Wow, thanks for the fast response from the man himself. > >I'm a bit baffled, though, as I thought what I had was the latest release, >version 1.2.8, which doesn't seem to have the enhancements you mention. >I'm >guessing this is because its in the currently cvs code which I would need >to >get, rather than get the released version? > >Thanks again. > >doug > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:45 AM > > To: Log4J Users List > > Subject: Re: need functionality to truncate the tail of > > fields using PatternLa yout > > > > Doug, > > > > There is no need to patch the files you mention. Actually, > > they don't even exist anymore. > > > > PatternLayout has been modified to accept new conversion > > words. See https://www.qos.ch/logging/PatternLayout.html > > for more details. > > > > I hope this helps, > > > > At 11:24 AM 10/16/2003 -0400, Lethin, Doug wrote: > > >[I sent this message the other day to the dev mailing > > list and got no > > >response. I'm now sending this to the log4j user mailing > > list in case > > >anyone has any feedback for me. Thanks in advance.] > > > > > >I'm migrating my application to use log4j and need to > > define a message > > >format that's compatable with an output format already in > > place from my > > >original logging code. There are two formats I can't > > currently seem to do: > > > > > >1. I need to output the timestamp field as a two letter > > day of week > > >string > > >-- Mo, Tu, We, etc. > > > > > >2. I need to output the priority field as one character - > > D, I, W, E, F > > > > > >It seems the formatting directives in PatternLayout don't > > allow for this. > > >They allow you to truncate fields to a max value, but > > they're truncated > > >from the front, such that the directive '%.1p will > > truncate INFO to 'O' > > >and not 'I' > > > > > >I looked through the latest log4j code, and found a way > > to patch this > > >functionality in by adding another formatting directive > > similar to the '.' > > >but using a '#' instead. > > > > > >It will similarly define the max length for a field, BUT it will > > >truncate the trailing characters rather than the leading > > characters. > > > > > >Examples: > > > > > > %d{E} -> Tuesday > > > %.2d{E} -> ay (original truncate directive) > > > %#2d{E} -> Tu (new truncate directive) > > > %p -> INFO > > > %.1p -> O > > > %#1p -> I > > > > > >In order to do this, I needed to make minor patches to 3 files: > > > > > >- org.apache.log4j.helpers.FormattingInfo.java > > >- org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter.java > > >- org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser.java > > > > > >I'd be happy to submit these patches in the hopes that this > > >functionality could be added to the code base. > > > > > >I'm assuming all I need to do is send mail to dev mailing > > list with the > > >subject PATCH, or [PATCH], and then include in the > > message the three > > >diff -c outputs? > > > > > >Is this kind of functionality useful to others? > > > > > >Is this the approach I should be taking when proposing changes? > > > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > > >Doug > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > Ceki Gülcü > > > > For log4j documentation consider "The complete log4j manual" > > ISBN: 2970036908 http://www.qos.ch/shop/products/clm_t.jsp > > > > import org.apache.Facetime; > > ApacheCon US 2003, 18-21 November http://apachecon.com/ > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
