You are correct. It is only a file watcher, not a url watcher. v1.3 will have a much richer set of functionality that can watch a file, url, or a socket for updated configuration data and it will also support any Configurator.
-Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:20 AM > To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org > Subject: Reloading the config file > > The log4j Configurator class has a method > configureAndWatch(String configFilename, long delay) > which can check that a config file has changed and, if so, reload it > (delay > being the reload interval). > > This is a very convenient method. However, it seems that this method can > only > be applied to local files, not to URLs, and that it won't reload a config > file located on a remote server. Am I correct? > > --Fred Mora > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
