Curt,
Maybe I'm missing something, but how does using XML entity refs do anything for
referencing Java system properties? The simple answer is that Log4j XML config
files support exactly the same syntax as properties files, e.g.,....
<param name="File" value="${log4j.logdir}/MyAppender1.log"/>
I don't recall whether/where it's specifically documented or not, but it works.
Jake
On 2/20/2011 10:30 PM, Curt Arnold wrote:
> XML entity references can be used for that purpose and are defined in the XML
> Recommendation (http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-references).
>
> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration
> [
> <!ENTITY logdir "c:/data/logfiles">
> ]>
> <log4j:configuration>
> ...
> <param name="file" value="&logdir;"/>
> ...
> </log4j:configuration>
>
> On Feb 20, 2011, at 6:35 AM, Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> usually in flat plain text log4j.config files global system properties can
>> be defined, which may be referenced in the configuration of different
>> appenders, e. g.
>>
>> log4j.logdir=C:/Data/logfiles
>> ...
>> log4j.appender.MyAppender1.File=${log4j.logdir}/MyAppender1.log
>> ...
>> log4j.appender.MyAppender2.File=${log4j.logdir}/MyAppender2.log
>>
>> I found this is a very convenient way to define (and to administer) such
>> parameters only once globally for the entire log configuration and to use it
>> on several references as here in the appenders configuration.
>>
>> How can such global system properties be defined in xml-based configuration
>> files (log4j.xml)?
>> Where is it documented? I'd found no hint about it.
>>
>> Thomas Wiedmann
>>
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