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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 07:57:08 -0400
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Subject: Re: Set the file name based on command line args
From: Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com>
To: Log4J Users List <log4j-user@logging.apache.org>
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On an Oracle JVM, you use a system property lookup to get the
"sun.java.command" system property which gives you the whole command line
but we do not have a syntax to parse it...

Gary


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> It'll be more complicated than just grabbing the main args of course.
>
> If I say something like ${main:0} that seems easy to deal with, but when =
I
> say ${main:--file} or ${main:-f} or ${main:-file}, that should pickup the
> _next_ arg in the array. What if it is missing or the next arg is another
> dash option? Too bad I guess. What are the rules?
>
> I could see two lookup classes:
> - One is a named Map Lookup built from a String[], which would be a
> singleton called by the main method:
> MainArgumentsLookup.SINGELTON.set(args); Is the args array a reference or=
 a
> deep copy?
> - Another is the more complex and vendor dependent (and unproven) stack
> walker.
>
> Gary
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:45 PM, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey, it's better than having to use sun.util.Reflection!
>>
>>
>> On 6 August 2014 20:19, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > And worse: vendor specific!
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Remko Popma <remko.popma@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Oooh... A little naughty, but a lot of fun! :-)
>> > > Thanks for the pointer!
>> > >
>> > > Sent from my iPhone
>> > >
>> > > > On 2014/08/07, at 9:44, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > With some debug API hackery:
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/jdk/api/jpda/jdi/com/sun/jdi/StackF=
rame.html
>> > > >
>> > > > Gary
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Remko Popma <remko.popma@gmail.co=
m
>> >
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I don't follow... If you walk the stack trace you can find the
>> name of
>> > > the
>> > > >> original class whose main() method was called, but how would that
>> give
>> > > you
>> > > >> access to the main method's parameter values?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Sent from my iPhone
>> > > >>
>> > > >>> On 2014/08/07, at 9:26, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Yes you are right but the stack walker could be used even if you
>> do
>> > not
>> > > >> control to source for main. Maybe a script calls a main and then =
my
>> > app
>> > > >> plugin gets called and I want to also follow the verbose command
>> line
>> > > >> setting.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Gary
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ralph
>> Goers <
>> > > >> ralph.goers@dslextreme.com> </div><div>Date:08/06/2014  19:18
>> > > >> (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Log4J Users List <
>> > > >> log4j-user@logging.apache.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: Set the
>> file
>> > > name
>> > > >> based on command line args </div><div>
>> > > >>> </div>Wouldn=E2=80=99t it be easier to have a Lookup that your m=
ain called
>> > and
>> > > >> just passed the arguments?  But yeah, it should be possible to do
>> what
>> > > you
>> > > >> are suggesting.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Ralph
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>> On Aug 6, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.co=
m
>> >
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> I wonder if we could write a "MainArgumentsLookup" that finds t=
he
>> > main
>> > > >>>> thread and walks up the stack to the public static main(String[=
])
>> > main
>> > > >>>> methods and gets the arguments from the stack...
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> Gary
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Ralph Goers <
>> > > ralph.goers@dslextreme.com
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>> wrote:
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>>> Well=E2=80=A6.
>> > > >>>>>
>> > > >>>>> You would really be passing the name of the file to the
>> Appender,
>> > > not a
>> > > >>>>> Logger.  Loggers only reference Appenders so you can=E2=80=99t=
 really
>> > > configure
>> > > >>>>> them with Appender configuration data. That said, Log4j 2
>> provides
>> > a
>> > > >> few
>> > > >>>>> ways you could do this:
>> > > >>>>> 1. Set a system property and reference it via
>> ${sys:propertyName}
>> > in
>> > > >> the
>> > > >>>>> configuration.  The manual has examples of this.
>> > > >>>>> 2. Create a custom Lookup Plugin and then register the file na=
me
>> > with
>> > > >> the
>> > > >>>>> Lookup.  Then reference it from the configuration as
>>  ${myLookup:
>> > > key}
>> > > >>>>> where myLookup is the name of your custom Lookup and key is th=
e
>> > name
>> > > >> that
>> > > >>>>> represents the file name value.
>> > > >>>>> 3. Create a custom Configuration the extends XMLConfiguration =
or
>> > > >>>>> JSONConfiguration. Pass the file name to that class and have i=
t
>> add
>> > > >> that as
>> > > >>>>> a property to the properties Map in the configuration. The XML
>> > could
>> > > >> then
>> > > >>>>> just reference it as ${propertyName}.
>> > > >>>>>
>> > > >>>>> Ralph
>> > > >>>>>
>> > > >>>>>> On Aug 6, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Arwen Pond <apond@book.com> wrote=
:
>> > > >>>>>>
>> > > >>>>>> My application takes a parameter where the user can specify t=
he
>> > log
>> > > >>>>> file.  I'd like to pass this parameter to the Logger which use=
s
>> a
>> > > >>>>> FileAppender.  I am not sure how to do this in log4j 2.
>> > > >>>>>>
>> > > >>>>>> Thanks,
>> > > >>>>>> Arwen
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