I think this article might help: http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/library/techarticles/0310_searle/searle.html
Jake Quoting Marcel's List Box <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > I've written my own XLogger extends Logger and I've been using it > without problems in stand-alone apps and Web containers. In my > log4j.properties I specify that my Factory should be used so 3rd party > jars which use standard Logger also use my XLogger: > > log4j.loggerFactory=com.sdmc.XLoggerFactory > log4j.categoryFactory=com.sdmc.XLoggerFactory > > Also, to debug commons stuff, i have commons-logging.properties stating: > > org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4jFactory > > Now... i have a WebSphere 4.0 EAR with 1 web and 1 ejb module. When an > ejb using XLogger is created i get a ClassCastException on XLogger. > Probably a Logger is already instantiated before my log4j.properties > is being read so the Logger singleton is a Logger, not an XLogger > > I tried putting log4j.properties in my ejb jar, i tried putting it in > the root of the ear and adding it to the Manifest.mf. Now i may end up > writing my own Configurator but **who is going to call it**? When > using log4j in a web container you can have a Log4jInitServlet > (start-up=1) to initialize log4j... but when in a ejb container... > how is this Log4jInitBean going to be the first thing to be created? > > I have run out of options, just bought Ceki Gulcu's "Complete Log4j > manual" but i cannot find an answer. On page 92 it says what not to do > in case of WebSphere.. but doesn't say what to do... > > Think part of the problem might be in the fact that WebSphere uses > commons-logging under the hood? > > Hope somebody can help me out! > > Thanks, > - Marcel Heemskerk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
