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Tom Cooley commented on LOG4NET-1: ---------------------------------- I have a fairly simple (if not naive) solution to the Fallback appender concept, something I wish were available right now. Why not add the following to the IAppender interface: IAppender FallbackAppender { get; set; } Implement the new property in the AppenderSkeleton, and then change the catch block of the two DoAppend methods to be something like: if (FallbackAppender != null) { FallbackAppender.DoAppend(loggingEvent); } else { ErrorHandler.Error("Failed in DoAppend", ex); } >From a configuration perspective, you identify the FallbackAppender at each >appender level, allowing a hierarchy of fallbacks. If it reaches the end of >the chain and still cannot append the event, the ErrorHandler.Error finally >kicks in. Too simple? I'm fairly new to log4net and have not spent a huge amount of time getting to know the code, but that seems like a fairly simple extension point that has fewer touch points than handling this within the ErrorHandler. > Support Fallback Appenders > -------------------------- > > Key: LOG4NET-1 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-1 > Project: Log4net > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Appenders, Core > Affects Versions: 1.2.9 > Environment: From sourceforge > Reporter: Nicko Cadell > Fix For: v.Next > > > Basically, I'm looking for the ability to set up a hierarchy of appenders so > that if a log to an ADONETAppender fails, log4net could then log to one of > more "back-up" appenders, for example, a RollingLogFile or SMTP. > Thanks, > Leo > Leo J. Hart IV -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.