Mailing-List: contact log4j-user-help@logging.apache.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: "Log4J Users List" <log4j-user@logging.apache.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <a245e1a2-60ee-4efd-bacb-4dc858b7145b@default>
References: <a245e1a2-60ee-4efd-bacb-4dc858b7145b@default>
From: Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 22:34:08 -0800
Message-ID: <CACZkXPzLUqgNTBYjUfY0pkTv50WQ10tO040kLbwhyn0SjvEbaQ@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Configuring log4j2 using a dynamic changing properties read from
 a properties file
To: Log4J Users List <log4j-user@logging.apache.org>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113b080233ee1505421a4f42
archived-at: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 06:34:17 -0000

--001a113b080233ee1505421a4f42
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Quick note: why not 2.7?

Gary

On Nov 24, 2016 9:57 PM, "Tarun Sharma" <tarun.k.sharma@oracle.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I am upgrading a 1.x version log4j product to 2.5
>
>
>
> We have a single properties file which holds various configurations. A
> sample configuration(trace.properties) is as below:
>
>
>
> cfg_test.status=debug
> cfg_test.appenders=rolling
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.type=RollingFile
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.name=RollingFile_TEST
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.fileName=D:/log/test.log
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.filePattern=D:/log/test_%d{MMdd}.log
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.layout.type=PatternLayout
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.layout.pattern=%d %-5p %m%n
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.policies.type = Policies
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.policies.size.size=100MB
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
> cfg_test.appender.rolling.strategy.max = 5
>
> cfg_test.rootLogger.level=debug
> cfg_test.rootLogger.appenderRefs=test
> cfg_test.rootLogger.appenderRef.test.ref=RollingFile_TEST
>
>
>
> cfg_crp.rootLogger.level=info
> cfg_crp.rootLogger.appenderRefs=crp, stdout
> cfg_crp.rootLogger.appenderRef.crp.ref=RollingFile_CRP
> cfg_crp.rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref=STDOUT
>
>
>
>
>
> Here cfg_test is a test configuration and cfg_crp is a configuration for a
> functionality in product which is launched as a separate module.
>
>
>
> I have a custom factory as below:
>
>
>
> public class TraceFactory {
>
>   private static boolean isInitialized = false;
>
>
>   /**
>    * intializes the trace with the given trace key.
>    * <p/>
>    * If if the trace key is null, we will use the console trace
>    *
>    * @param traceKey trace key
>    */
>   public static void initialize(String traceKey) {
>     initPrefix(traceKey != null ? "cfg_" + traceKey + "." : null,
> PropertiesUtils.readFromClassPath("properties/trace"));
>   }
>
>   private static void initPrefix(String prefix, Properties properties) {
>     if (isInitialized) {
>       return;
>     }
>
>     if (prefix == null) {
>       TraceFactory.initializeAsConsoleTracer();
>       return;
>     }
>
>     Properties cfg = new Properties();
>
>     for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> objectObjectEntry :
> properties.entrySet()) {
>       Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) objectObjectEntry;
>       String key = (String) entry.getKey();
>       String value = (String) entry.getValue();
>
>       if (key.startsWith(prefix)) {
>         cfg.put(key.substring(prefix.length()), value);
>       }
>     }
>
>     PropertiesConfigurationFactory factory = new
> PropertiesConfigurationFactory();   // This line and the try catch below
> replace the
>     try {
>       ConfigurationSource configSrc = createConfigurationSource(cfg);
>             //PropertyConfigurator.configure(cfg); from log4j1.2
>
>       Configuration conf = factory.getConfiguration(configSrc);
>       LoggerContext  ctx = Configurator.initialize(conf);
>
>       ctx.reconfigure();
>     }
>     catch (IOException io)
>     {
>
>     }
>
>     isInitialized = true;
>   }
>
>   /**
>    *
>    * @param cfg the log4j configuration as a properties bundle read from a
> properties file.
>    * @return {@link ConfigurationSource} object
>    * @throws IOException
>    */
>   private static ConfigurationSource createConfigurationSource(Properties
> cfg) throws IOException {
>
>     ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
>     cfg.store(out, null);
>     InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
>     return new ConfigurationSource(in);
>   }
>
>
>
>   public static TraceInterface getTracer(Class class_) {
>     if (useConsoleTracer) {
>       return new ConsoleTracer(null);
>     }
>     return Log4JTracer.getTracer(class_);
>   }
>
>
>   public static TraceInterface getTracer(String name) {
>     if (useConsoleTracer) {
>       return new ConsoleTracer(null);
>     }
>     return Log4JTracer.getTracer(name);
>   }
> }
>
> My LogWrapper Log4JTracer is :-
>
> public class Log4JTracer implements TraceInterface {
>
>
>   private static final String FQCN = Log4JTracer.class.getName();
>
>   /**
>    * extended logger wrapper
>    */
>   private final ExtendedLoggerWrapper log;
>
>
>   private Log4JTracer(final Logger logger) {
>     this.log = new ExtendedLoggerWrapper((AbstractLogger)logger,
> logger.getName(), logger.getMessageFactory());
>   }
>
>
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void debug(Object message) {
>     debug(message, null);
>   }
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void debug(Object message, Throwable t) {
>     log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.DEBUG, null, message, t);
>   }
>
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void info(Object message) {
>     info(message, null);
>   }
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void info(Object message, Throwable t) {
>     log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.INFO, null, message, t);
>   }
>
>
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
>     return log.isWarnEnabled();
>   }
>
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void warn(Object message) {
>     warn(message, null);
>   }
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void warn(Object message, Throwable t) {
>     log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.WARN, null, message, t);
>
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public boolean isErrorEnabled() {
>     return log.isErrorEnabled();
>   }
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void error(Object message) {
>     error(message, null);
>   }
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void error(Object message, Throwable t) {
>     log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.ERROR, null, message, t);
>   }
>
>     /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public boolean isFatalEnabled() {
>     return log.isFatalEnabled();
>   }
>
>
>
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   public void fatal(Object message, Throwable t) {
>     log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.FATAL, null, message, t);
>   }
>
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   @Override
>   public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
>     return log.isDebugEnabled();
>   }
>
>   /**
>    * {@inheritDoc}
>    */
>   @Override
>   public boolean isInfoEnabled() {
>     return log.isInfoEnabled();
>   }
>
>
>   public static Log4JTracer getTracer(Class cl) {
>     return new Log4JTracer(cl);
>   }
>
>
>   public static Log4JTracer getTracer(String name) {
>     return new Log4JTracer(name);
>   }
>
> }
>
>
> Now when I try to use a logger from a class as below, It does not get the
> logger according to the config:
>
>
>
> Public class Test {
>
>
>
> Private TraceInterface trace;
>
>
>
> Public void execute() {
>
>
>
> TraceFactory.initialize("test");
>
> trace = TraceFactory.getTracer();
>
> trace.debug("testing..");   // this never prints. Although a test.log is
> created with zero size as soon as the TraceFactory.initialize method
> finshes.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
> Tarun
>

--001a113b080233ee1505421a4f42--