import org.apache.log4j.spi.*; Finally I solved with just this trivial SMSLayout. For me it's enough.
Bye Davide import org.apache.log4j.*; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; /** * */ public class SMSLayout extends Layout { /** * two chars less, just in case for newline... */ private static final int MAX_SMS_LEN = 158; private static final int HEADER_LEN = 160; private SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat ("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"); GregorianCalendar date = new GregorianCalendar(); /** * */ public SMSLayout () { date.setLenient(false); } /** * */ public void activateOptions () { // EMPTY } /** * * @param event * @return */ public String format (LoggingEvent event) { StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(MAX_SMS_LEN); date.setTimeInMillis(event.timeStamp); buffer.append(df.format(date.getTime())); buffer.append(" "); buffer.append(event.getLevel().toString()); buffer.append(" ["); buffer.append(event.getThreadName()); buffer.append("] - "); String message = event.getRenderedMessage(); if (message.length() + buffer.length() > MAX_SMS_LEN) { message = message.substring(0, (MAX_SMS_LEN - buffer.length())); } buffer.append(message); buffer.append(LINE_SEP); return buffer.toString(); } /** * * @return */ public boolean ignoresThrowable () { return false; } } --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]