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Gary
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote:
> Yes I am a true noob to java and linux and log4j.
>
> What is gitmaster? I assume related to github somehow? How can I see the
> test you created? Is there a link you can provide?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:34:45 -0700
> > Subject: Re: custom levels via configuration
> > From: garydgreg...@gmail.com
> > To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This:
> > >
> > > <Logger name="HelloWorld" level="ALL">
> > >
> > > is only going to match:
> > >
> > > static Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(HelloWorld.class.getName());
> > >
> > > if the class in unpackaged, which it looks it is based on this paste
> but I
> > > want to double check that you did not omit anything from the example.
> > >
> > > Are you using the latest version (2.3)?.
> > >
> > > I just added this test the other day to Git master:
> > >
> > > org.apache.logging.log4j.core.CustomLevelsTest
> > >
> > > And it shows that we can configure custom levels from a file and see
> them
> > > in code.
> > >
> > > So I am puzzled here.
> > >
> > > You could try the latest from Git master as well but I do not recall
> any
> > > fixes in this area.
> > >
> > > I wonder if the Appenders are processed by the configuration _before_
> the
> > > custom levels...
> > >
> >
> > My above suspicion was unfounded, see my new
> > test org.apache.logging.log4j.core.CustomLevelsWithFiltersTest and feel
> > free to provide a patch to test your desired behavior. This might be a
> tall
> > order if you are a true Java newbie ;-)
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On to my next problem. I'm trying to define a custom level in
> > >> configuration. Not sure if it's working or not. However, when I
> attempt
> > >> to get the level for that custom level I get back null, which I wasn't
> > >> expecting. Here is the log4j2.xml config file:
> > >>
> > >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > >> <Configuration status="trace" verbose="true">
> > >> <CustomLevels>
> > >> <CustomLevel name="INFOM1" intLevel="399"/>
> > >> <CustomLevel name="INFOP1" intLevel="401"/>
> > >> </CustomLevels>
> > >> <Appenders>
> > >> <File name="info" fileName="info.log">
> > >> <PatternLayout>
> > >> <Pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</Pattern>
> > >> </PatternLayout>
> > >> <Filters>
> > >> <ThresholdFilter level="INFOM1" onMatch="DENY"
> onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
> > >> <ThresholdFilter level="INFO" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
> > >> </Filters>
> > >> </File>
> > >> </Appenders>
> > >> <Loggers>
> > >> <Logger name="HelloWorld" level="ALL">
> > >> <AppenderRef ref="info"/>
> > >> </Logger>
> > >> <Root>
> > >> </Root>
> > >> </Loggers>
> > >> </Configuration>
> > >>
> > >> Here is my code:
> > >>
> > >> import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
> > >> import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
> > >> import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
> > >>
> > >> public class HelloWorld
> > >> {
> > >> static Logger log =
> LogManager.getLogger(HelloWorld.class.getName());
> > >>
> > >> public static void main(String[] args)
> > >> {
> > >> System.out.println("Hello, World");
> > >> log.info("hello this is an INFO message");
> > >> log.warn("hello this is a WARN message");
> > >> log.debug("hello this is a DEBUG message");
> > >> Level level = Level.getLevel("INFOM1");
> > >> if (level == null)
> > >> System.out.println("Didn't find level INFOM1");
> > >> else
> > >> log.log(level, "hello this is an INFOM1 message");
> > >> level = Level.getLevel("INFOP1");
> > >> if (level == null)
> > >> System.out.println("Didn't find level INFOP1");
> > >> else
> > >> log.log(level, "hello this is an INFOP1 message");
> > >> }
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas? I obviously don't want to use Level.forName() as that will
> > >> create the level if it doesn't exist and I want to ensure I'm pulling
> the
> > >> value from the configuration.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Nick
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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