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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 02:15:35 -0700
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Subject: Re: Appenders
From: =?UTF-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment_Guillaume?= <cguillaume@hotpads.com>
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Yes, I'm programmatically adding appenders. I understand the point of view.

And what about having access to the properties of the appender as the
target of the ConsoleLogger? I know that this property is wrapped into an
OutputStream and into a OutputStreamManager but I think it could be nice to
have access to it from the ConsoleAppender.

Cl=C3=A9ment


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you programmatically adding the Appender?
>
> I suggest the reconfiguration method because it allows for gracefully
> switching to a new configuration. Some appenders need fields to remain
> immutable for performance or safety reasons, so creating a new Appender o=
n
> reconfigure is generally the safer option.
>
>
> On 26 August 2014 02:43, Cl=C3=A9ment Guillaume <cguillaume@hotpads.com> =
wrote:
>
> > Yes, I know that.
> > So if I have 10 LoggerConfigs that use the same Appender and I want to
> > change a property of this Appender, I should create a new one and updat=
e
> > the appender list (remove the old one and add the new one) of my 10
> > LoggerConfigs?
> > There isn't a simpler way, is there?
> >
> > Cl=C3=A9ment
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > If you reconfigure Log4j at runtime, you can switch over to a new
> > > LoggerConfig without losing any messages. If you're holding direct
> > > references to LoggerConfig, you should probably step back a level and
> get
> > > that on demand instead.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 25 August 2014 14:22, Cl=C3=A9ment Guillaume <cguillaume@hotpads.c=
om>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I would love to have a direct access to the target of a
> ConsoleAppender
> > > (as
> > > > I can directly get the fileName of a FileAppender). Do you plan to
> > > > implement this feature ? (and also for others properties like
> > > > ConsoleAppender.isFollow or FileAppender.immediateFlush, ...)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I also would love to be able to dynamically update thess properties=
.
> I
> > > > don't think it is currently possible.
> > > > Or at least I would like to be able to replace an Appender in the
> > > > Configuration (by a new one) without removing the Appender from all
> the
> > > > previously associated LoggerConfig.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Cl=C3=A9ment
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com>
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com>
>

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