I tried that. I created a jar, I think correctly, from my
LevelRangeFilter.class file. I added that to the packages attribute, as you
can see in the config I previously sent. It still doesn't work.
Thanks,
Nick
> Subject: Re: plugins
> From: remko.po...@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:25:35 +0900
> To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
>
> Perhaps the simplest thing to do is to add the packages attribute to your
> log4j2.xml configuration file. Set the value to the package of your custom
> plugin.
>
> <Configuration status="trace" packages="com.mycomp.pluginpackage">
> ...
>
> Remko
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 2015/08/28, at 6:42, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't think the implementation is the issue, though if/when I get my
> > plugin loading and it doesn't work I will certainly try to compare against
> > what Gary wrote. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to get my
> > plugin loaded. I've got my class file, LevelRangeFilter.java which I
> > compiled to a .class file. It resides in the same directory as my
> > HelloWorld.class file which contains my "main". I was hoping my plugin
> > would get loaded but it doesn't seem to be. What's the easiest way for me
> > to get it loaded? Right now when I run my program I'm seeing the following
> > error from log4net:
> >
> > 2015-08-27 15:23:09,682 ERROR File contains an invalid element or attribute
> > "LevelRangeFilter"
> >
> > Here is my config:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <Configuration status="trace" verbose="true" packages="LevelRangeFilter">
> > <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>
> > <LevelRangeFilter minLevel="INFO" maxLevel="INFO" onMatch="ACCEPT"/>
> > </File>
> > </Appenders>
> > <Loggers>
> > <Logger name="HelloWorld" level="ALL">
> > <AppenderRef ref="info"/>
> > </Logger>
> > <Root>
> > </Root>
> > </Loggers>
> > </Configuration>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
> >> Subject: Re: plugins
> >> From: ralph.go...@dslextreme.com
> >> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:20:28 -0700
> >> To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
> >>
> >> Can’t you just compare what you wrote to what Gary wrote? If you build
> >> your project then it should get packaged in a jar and automatically have
> >> the file Log4j uses to quickly load the plugin.
> >>
> >> Ralph
> >>
> >>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Based on your previous comments I assume one would show up out-of-the-box
> >>> at some point. Of course I need mine now so unfortunately I have to
> >>> write one.
> >>>
> >>> Any input on my questions below?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Nick
> >>>
> >>>> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:20:07 -0700
> >>>> Subject: Re: plugins
> >>>> From: garydgreg...@gmail.com
> >>>> To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
> >>>>
> >>>> Note that I wrote such a filter, which is under review ATM here:
> >>>>
> >>>> - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1106
> >>>> - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1105
> >>>>
> >>>> Gary
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Nicholas Duane <nic...@msn.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've got a couple questions regarding plugins I'm hoping someone might
> >>>>> be
> >>>>> able to help me with. I checked the docs and it's still not quite
> >>>>> clear.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1. I'm unsure what to set printObject to in my Plugin annotation. From
> >>>>> http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/extending.html it says:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Specifying the printObject attribute with a value of "true" indicates
> >>>>> that a call to toString will format the arguments to the filter as the
> >>>>> configuration is being processed."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> which unfortunately doesn't clear things up any. I looked at the docs
> >>>>> for
> >>>>> printObject and that doesn't say anything other than it's a Boolean and
> >>>>> its
> >>>>> default is false.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2. I created a LevelRangeFiler and I'm trying to figure out how to get
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> loaded by log4j. I read over the instructions on plugins located at
> >>>>> http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/plugins.html but since I'm a
> >>>>> java noob I'm still a bit lost. I'm wondering, if I just have a .java
> >>>>> class which I compile to a .class file, can that be used? If so, how?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Below is the filter I wrote based on looking at the threshold filter
> >>>>> example at http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/extending.html.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.filter.AbstractFilter;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Filter;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginAttribute;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginFactory;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.Marker;
> >>>>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.Message;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> @Plugin(name="LevelRangeFilter", category="Core", elementType="filter",
> >>>>> printObject=true)
> >>>>> public class LevelRangeFilter extends AbstractFilter
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> private final Level minLevel;
> >>>>> private final Level maxLevel;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> public LevelRangeFilter(Level minLevel, Level maxLevel,
> >>>>> Filter.Result onMatch, Filter.Result onMismatch)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> super(onMatch, onMismatch);
> >>>>> this.minLevel = minLevel;
> >>>>> this.maxLevel = maxLevel;
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> private Result filter(Level level)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> if (level.isMoreSpecificThan(this.minLevel) &&
> >>>>> level.isLessSpecificThan(this.maxLevel))
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> return this.onMatch;
> >>>>> }
> >>>>> return this.onMismatch;
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> public Filter.Result filter(Logger logger, Level level,
> >>>>> Marker marker, String msg, Object[] params)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> return filter(level);
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> public Filter.Result filter(Logger logger, Level level,
> >>>>> Marker marker, Object msg, Throwable t)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> return filter(level);
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> public Filter.Result filter(Logger logger, Level level,
> >>>>> Marker marker, Message msg, Throwable t)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> return filter(level);
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> public Filter.Result filter(LogEvent event)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> return filter(event.getLevel());
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> @PluginFactory
> >>>>> public static LevelRangeFilter createFilter(
> >>>>> @PluginAttribute(value="minLevel",
> >>>>> defaultString="DEBUG") Level minLevel,
> >>>>> @PluginAttribute(value="maxLevel",
> >>>>> defaultString="FATAL") Level maxLevel,
> >>>>> @PluginAttribute(value="onMatch",
> >>>>> defaultString="NEUTRAL") Result onMatch,
> >>>>> @PluginAttribute(value="onMismatch",
> >>>>> defaultString="DENY") Result onMismatch)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> return new LevelRangeFilter(minLevel, maxLevel, onMatch, onMismatch);
> >>>>> }
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Nick
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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