The only downside is that (at least as of 1.2.8) variable interpolation
is only available in the PropertyConfigurator, not in the
DOMConfigurator. But if your config files are relatively simple, then
variable interpolation is definitely the way to go.
--Ian
--- Steve Ebersole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Another great option is the variable interpolation available in
> log4j, which
> allows you to do something like:
>
> log4j.appender.daily.File=${log.dir}/coldev.log
>
> where the variable "log.dir" (or whatever you want to name it) is a
> java
> system property.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Configuring Log4j for testing vs. development vs. deployment
>
>
>
> I figured out that this problem:
> [junit] log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.
> [junit] java.io.FileNotFoundException:
> \opt\hpws\tomcat\logs\coldev.log
> (The system cannot find the path specified)
>
> Is caused by log4j.properties saying:
> # Configure the name of the logout for the daily appender
> log4j.appender.daily.File=/opt/hpws/tomcat/logs/coldev.log
>
> That path belongs on the HPUX web server. In an attempt to avoid
> changing log4j.properties for deployment, I created a
> c:\opt\hpws\tomcat\logs directory on my Windows development machine.
> But now that .properties file doesn't work for me when I run junit
> tests
> from the mapped network drive "G" where the source code lives.
>
> So... Do you have a separate log4j.properties for running tests? How
> do
> you handle configuring log4j for tests? (In the most automated way
> possible!)
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Wendy Smoak
> Application Systems Analyst, Sr.
> ASU IA Information Resources Management
>
>
>
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