Yes, but the name of the tomcat log file changes daily --- is there some way to set up the logger to automcatically deal with these name changes ?
I realize this thread has run outside of the realm of Struts, and should really be appearing in the Tomcat mailing list now, so I'm sending it there. - Charlie On Tuesday 26 February 2002 12:04 pm, you wrote: > Can't you have a logger point to tomcat log file? > > Ben > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlie Toohey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:18 PM > Subject: Re: Logging in beans > > > Thanks for all of the responses. They've gotten away from my original > > question just a bit. > > > > Assuming that I am using the Commons Logging package/Log4j in my beans, > > and I > > > want to log something to the Tomcat log file, how can the bean obtain the > > output stream for the Tomcat log file in a webapp framework independent > > way > > > --- i.e. I don't want to pass the ActionServlet object to the bean and > > use its log method, as the bean would then be tied to a particular web > > application framework (in this case, Struts), which would inhibit its > > reusability. Instead, I would want to pass something more generic, > > java.io.OuputStream-like, to the bean, so that it can use whatever > > logging package I have chosen to log to this stream. The question is > > really, how > > do I > > > obtain the java.io.OutputStream for the Tomcat log file in my Struts > > action > > > class so that I can pass it as a parameter to my bean methods. > > > > Charlie > > > > On Tuesday 26 February 2002 10:04 am, you wrote: > > > I think it is nice to use Commons Logging just so you > > > have the option of easily switching to another logging > > > framework. You may want to use some other logging > > > framework other than Log4J (my choice) or Jdk1.4 at > > > some point. You won't have to change any of you code > > > if you use Commons Logging. Struts 1.1 is going to > > > use Commons Logging. The Struts shared source is > > > using it as of last nights build. > > > > > > David > > > > > > --- keithBacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does anybody know how the new Java 1.4 logging API > > > > affects things? > > > > My guess is it increases the desirability of using > > > > the > > > > jakarta Commons Logging Package. You can use log4j > > > > for now & easily switch > > > > later. > > > > But for students or people that can gurantee they > > > > will deploy on Java 1.4 > > > > shouldn't they just use the JDK logging API > > > > directly? > > > > But then surely the next release of struts will use > > > > the Commons logging so we > > > > should too? Oh boy. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- David Winterfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > I would suggest using the Commons Logging Package > > > > > (http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging.html). > > > > > This is a generic interface to logging packages. > > > > > > > > If > > > > > > > > > Log4J is detected, it will use it. > > > > > > > > > > excerpt from the website: > > > > > "The Logging package is an ultra-thin bridge > > > > > > > > between > > > > > > > > > different logging libraries. Commons components > > > > > > > > may > > > > > > > > > use the Logging API to remove compile-time and > > > > > run-time dependencies on any particular logging > > > > > package, and contributors may write Log > > > > > implementations for the library of their choice." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > --- Phase Web and Multimedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > log4j would work well. Schedule away a day or so > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > become familiar with it > > > > > > and download the 1.2b3 version. This will insure > > > > > > that you are prepared for > > > > > > the future changes in log4j and will keep you > > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > > > programming with > > > > > > deprecated code. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Brandon Goodin > > > > > > Phase Web and Multimedia > > > > > > P (406) 862-2245 > > > > > > F (406) 862-0354 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > http://www.phase.ws > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Charlie Toohey > > > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:28 PM > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Subject: Logging in beans > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to log some information in the > > > > > > > > Tomcat > > > > > > > > > > log file from my beans. > > > > > > But I don't want to use the ActionServlet log > > > > > > method, as passing an > > > > > > ActionServlet object as a parameter to a bean > > > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > > violate the bean > > > > > > philosophy that beans should be completely > > > > > > independent of a web application > > > > > > framework, such as Struts, for reusability. How > > > > > > could I just pass in the > > > > > > Stream to the Tomcat log file to a bean so that > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > can log to the Stream and > > > > > > maintain its web app framework independence ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Charlie > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Yahoo! 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