Tom, In v1.3 Watchdogs will be a subclass of Plugin. Plugins are new to v1.3 and configurable from (at least xml) configuration files. So, you'll be able to define watchdogs in the configuration files. Plugins have some code to not stop/recreate running plugins during reconfiguration, so eventually if a watchdog is watching the configuration file that defines it, it will be maintained across reconfigurations, etc. Still working out some of those details. Actually the Watchdog code I released way-back-when still needs to be checked into cvs and worked into the plugin infrastructure.
If you have any comments, ideas, or time to review (once I get it checked in) I'd love to hear them. thanks, -Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Eugelink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:06 AM > To: Log4J Users List > Subject: Re: automatic reload > > > I see (took a look at the sources that were included in the > older mail). > > Basically he has rewritten the "AndWatch" part, expanding it into a > semi-framework, and adding a method to stop the thread > ("stopWatching"). > > Basically one could write a servlet that starts a watchdog > upon load and > stops it upon finalize. It still isn't done totally external of the > application via configuration, but I can see how that can be > a problem. > > I'll ponder a bit more. Thank you! > > Tom > > > > Jacob Kjome wrote: > > > > > look at configureAndWatch() in the configurators. > > > > However, I wouldn't use this in a container as the thread > will run until > > the JVM is shut down. There is no manual way to stop it. > > > > Look for Mark Womack's watchdogs in the next version of Log4j for a > > better solution. Here's an old message with some actual > code showing > > how it works. Check the latest CVS, though, as things have > probably > > changed... > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=log4j-user&m=101656353725142&w=2 > > > > Jake > > > > At 01:52 PM 11/9/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > > >> I know there is a parameter which can be used to specifiy > that log4j > >> must reload a configuration file (checking every so often). But I > >> prefer autoconfiguration. AFAIK it is not possible to set > autoreload > >> from a configuration file, correct? > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
