Please see this experiment: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-771
Gary
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On an Oracle JVM, you use a system property lookup to get the
> "sun.java.command" system property which gives you the whole command line
> but we do not have a syntax to parse it...
>
> Gary
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It'll be more complicated than just grabbing the main args of course.
>>
>> If I say something like ${main:0} that seems easy to deal with, but when
>> I say ${main:--file} or ${main:-f} or ${main:-file}, that should pickup the
>> _next_ arg in the array. What if it is missing or the next arg is another
>> dash option? Too bad I guess. What are the rules?
>>
>> I could see two lookup classes:
>> - One is a named Map Lookup built from a String[], which would be a
>> singleton called by the main method:
>> MainArgumentsLookup.SINGELTON.set(args); Is the args array a reference or a
>> deep copy?
>> - Another is the more complex and vendor dependent (and unproven) stack
>> walker.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:45 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, it's better than having to use sun.util.Reflection!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6 August 2014 20:19, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > And worse: vendor specific!
>>> >
>>> > Gary
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Oooh... A little naughty, but a lot of fun! :-)
>>> > > Thanks for the pointer!
>>> > >
>>> > > Sent from my iPhone
>>> > >
>>> > > > On 2014/08/07, at 9:44, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > > > With some debug API hackery:
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/jdk/api/jpda/jdi/com/sun/jdi/StackFrame.html
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Gary
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Remko Popma <
>>> remko.po...@gmail.com>
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> I don't follow... If you walk the stack trace you can find the
>>> name of
>>> > > the
>>> > > >> original class whose main() method was called, but how would that
>>> give
>>> > > you
>>> > > >> access to the main method's parameter values?
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Sent from my iPhone
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>> On 2014/08/07, at 9:26, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> Yes you are right but the stack walker could be used even if you
>>> do
>>> > not
>>> > > >> control to source for main. Maybe a script calls a main and then
>>> my
>>> > app
>>> > > >> plugin gets called and I want to also follow the verbose command
>>> line
>>> > > >> setting.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> Gary
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ralph
>>> Goers <
>>> > > >> ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> </div><div>Date:08/06/2014 19:18
>>> > > >> (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Log4J Users List <
>>> > > >> log4j-user@logging.apache.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: Set the
>>> file
>>> > > name
>>> > > >> based on command line args </div><div>
>>> > > >>> </div>Wouldn’t it be easier to have a Lookup that your main
>>> called
>>> > and
>>> > > >> just passed the arguments? But yeah, it should be possible to do
>>> what
>>> > > you
>>> > > >> are suggesting.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> Ralph
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>> On Aug 6, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Gary Gregory <
>>> garydgreg...@gmail.com>
>>> > > >> wrote:
>>> > > >>>>
>>> > > >>>> I wonder if we could write a "MainArgumentsLookup" that finds
>>> the
>>> > main
>>> > > >>>> thread and walks up the stack to the public static
>>> main(String[])
>>> > main
>>> > > >>>> methods and gets the arguments from the stack...
>>> > > >>>>
>>> > > >>>> Gary
>>> > > >>>>
>>> > > >>>>
>>> > > >>>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Ralph Goers <
>>> > > ralph.go...@dslextreme.com
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>> wrote:
>>> > > >>>>
>>> > > >>>>> Well….
>>> > > >>>>>
>>> > > >>>>> You would really be passing the name of the file to the
>>> Appender,
>>> > > not a
>>> > > >>>>> Logger. Loggers only reference Appenders so you can’t really
>>> > > configure
>>> > > >>>>> them with Appender configuration data. That said, Log4j 2
>>> provides
>>> > a
>>> > > >> few
>>> > > >>>>> ways you could do this:
>>> > > >>>>> 1. Set a system property and reference it via
>>> ${sys:propertyName}
>>> > in
>>> > > >> the
>>> > > >>>>> configuration. The manual has examples of this.
>>> > > >>>>> 2. Create a custom Lookup Plugin and then register the file
>>> name
>>> > with
>>> > > >> the
>>> > > >>>>> Lookup. Then reference it from the configuration as
>>> ${myLookup:
>>> > > key}
>>> > > >>>>> where myLookup is the name of your custom Lookup and key is the
>>> > name
>>> > > >> that
>>> > > >>>>> represents the file name value.
>>> > > >>>>> 3. Create a custom Configuration the extends XMLConfiguration
>>> or
>>> > > >>>>> JSONConfiguration. Pass the file name to that class and have
>>> it add
>>> > > >> that as
>>> > > >>>>> a property to the properties Map in the configuration. The XML
>>> > could
>>> > > >> then
>>> > > >>>>> just reference it as ${propertyName}.
>>> > > >>>>>
>>> > > >>>>> Ralph
>>> > > >>>>>
>>> > > >>>>>> On Aug 6, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Arwen Pond <ap...@book.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > > >>>>>>
>>> > > >>>>>> My application takes a parameter where the user can specify
>>> the
>>> > log
>>> > > >>>>> file. I'd like to pass this parameter to the Logger which
>>> uses a
>>> > > >>>>> FileAppender. I am not sure how to do this in log4j 2.
>>> > > >>>>>>
>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks,
>>> > > >>>>>> Arwen
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