you could, but you still have the problem of handling multi-line messages. if you have the option to change layout, xmllayout is pretty foolproof...
Douglas E Wegscheid Lead Technical Analyst, Whirlpool Corporation (269)-923-5278 "A wrong note played hesitatingly is a wrong note. A wrong note played with conviction is interpretation." Christophe Elek <ce...@ca.ibm.com> wrote on 03/25/2009 10:38:30 AM: > Hey Doug, > Yes I agree > > I was thinking I could use the same ConversionPattern > > So if my log4j properties lists > > log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} [%t] %5p > %-50.50c - %m%n > > it would use the ConversionPatten as a regex and read each line ?? > > am I dreaming ? :) > > Christophe Elek - Senior Software Analyst > IBM Rational Serviceability Architect > IBM Toronto Lab 8200 Warden Avenue, Markham, Ontario, L6G 1C7 > Phone Number: (905) 413-3467 > Email: ce...@ca.ibm.com > > Rational Internal Serviceability Portal > "Don't just fix the mistakes - fix whatever permitted the mistake in > the first place." Charles Fishman > [image removed] > Web:http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/ > > [image removed] Douglas E Wegscheid ---03/25/2009 10:14:11 AM--- > doing this with an arbitrary layout would be quite daunting. > > [image removed] > From: > > [image removed] > Douglas E Wegscheid <douglas_e_wegsch...@whirlpool.com> > > [image removed] > To: > > [image removed] > "Log4J Users List" <log4j-user@logging.apache.org> > > [image removed] > Cc: > > [image removed] > "Log4J Users List" <log4j-user@logging.apache.org> > > [image removed] > Date: > > [image removed] > 03/25/2009 10:14 AM > > [image removed] > Subject: > > [image removed] > Re: import log into java model using log4j.properties > > > > > doing this with an arbitrary layout would be quite daunting. > > if you use XMLLayout, then reading the XML and doing what you want would > be quite simple. > > Douglas E Wegscheid > Lead Technical Analyst, Whirlpool Corporation > (269)-923-5278 > > "A wrong note played hesitatingly is a wrong note. A wrong note played > with conviction is interpretation." > > > > Christophe Elek <ce...@ca.ibm.com> wrote on 03/25/2009 09:03:36 AM: > > > I am looking for a solution that would do the 'reverse' of logging > > into a log file: reading a log file into java obects. > > > > I want a tool that would take a log4j.properties, a log generated > > using this log4j.properties and would transform each event into an > object > > Then I can run an analyzer :) > > > > Does it make sense ? :) > > > > Christophe Elek - Senior Software Analyst > > IBM Rational Serviceability Architect > > IBM Toronto Lab 8200 Warden Avenue, Markham, Ontario, L6G 1C7 > > Phone Number: (905) 413-3467 > > Email: ce...@ca.ibm.com > > > > Rational Internal Serviceability Portal > > "Don't just fix the mistakes - fix whatever permitted the mistake in > > the first place." Charles Fishman > > [image removed] > > Web:http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/