RollingFileAppender extends FileAppender so it takes a PatternLayout also. James Stauffer
-----Original Message----- From: F Kurzawa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:55 AM To: Log4J Users List Subject: Decorating output before RollingFileAppender I want to format and modify my log4j output prior to sending to a RollingFileAppender. If there were functionality that would allow me to easily apply a PatternLayout prior to sending to a RollingFileAppender that would be ideal. I can insert an AsyncAppender before my RollingFileAppender, but AsyncAppender does not take a PatternLayout parameter so it doesn't help. In fact, the only two appenders that take PatternLayout arguments are the *FileAppender's and ConsoleAppender. Is there a simple way to decorate my output with a PatternLayout (or some similar functionality) prior to its arrival in a RollingFileAppender? Thanks in advance, Frank __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]