[logging] [digester maybe?] Is this correct syntax for commons-logging?

[Dan Tarkenton <da...@tarksoft.com>]

Hello all.

I have a web app that uses Log4J.  I realize that commons-logging.jar 
just provides an interface on top of a logging implementation such as 
Log4J.  I am pretty sure that my commons-logging related syntax is what 
is preventing me from controlling logging.  You see, I am also using 
Apache Digester, and since Apache Digester uses commons-logging, it 
seems to be finding my log4j.properties configuration file, and 
automatically logging everything at the DEBUG level.  I assume it's just 
finding the root logger of Log4J, and not my "class level" logger.  I am 
trying to control that level of logging to only include ERROR level and 
above.

I know this _sounds_ like a log4J problem, but I really believe I must 
be using commons-logging API incorrectly.  Take a look at my syntax for 
adding a logger to my Digester object:

public class TestResultsHandler implements MessageResourcesKeys {
   
    static final Logger logger = 
Logger.getLogger(TestResultsHandler.class.getName());
.
.
.
public static Digester initializeParser() {
    
        Digester digester = new Digester();
       
        digester.setLogger(new Log4JLogger(logger));
        digester.setValidating(true);
        digester.setErrorHandler(new TestResultsErrorHandler());

        // configure digester rules
.
.
.
        return digester;
    }

public static void parse(String document) throws TestResultsException {
       
        Digester digester = initializeParser();

        TestResultsHandler resultsParser = null;
        try {
       
        //resultsParser = (TestResultsHandler)digester.parse(new 
StringReader(document));
        resultsParser =
            (TestResultsHandler)digester.parse(new 
File("/usr/local/projects/BOMAnalysis/web/xml/TestResults.xml"));
        } catch (SAXParseException saxe) {
            String msg = 
MessageUtil.formatMessage(MSG_TEST_RESULTS_PARSER_FAILURE);
            throw new TestResultsException(msg, saxe);
        } catch (SAXException saxe) {
            String msg = 
MessageUtil.formatMessage(MSG_TEST_RESULTS_PARSER_FAILURE);
            throw new TestResultsException(msg, saxe);
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            String msg = 
MessageUtil.formatMessage(MSG_TEST_RESULTS_IO_FAILURE);
            throw new TestResultsException(msg, ioe);
             
        }
    }
}

Here are the contents of my log4j.properties file in WEB-INF\classes:

log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, GuiAppender
 
# GuiAppender is set to be a FileAppender.
log4j.appender.GuiAppender=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.GuiAppender.Append=true
log4j.appender.GuiAppender.File=/usr/local/projects/BOMAnalysis/logs/gui.log

# PmA1 uses PatternLayout.
log4j.appender.GuiAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.GuiAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d: %-5p : %m%n

log4j.logger.com.titan.bat.gui.testresults.TestResultsHandler=ERROR

No matter what level I set the LEVEL for 
log4j.logger.com.titan.bat.gui.testresults.TestResultsHandler, I always 
get DEBUG messages which makes me believe the Digester is defaulting to 
the root logger of Log4J.  As a matter of fact, if I take out the code 
for setting the logger for the digester, it will still log at the DEBUG 
level.  This is why I think my use of the commons-logging api is 
incorrect.  I think perhaps I'm incorrectly setting the logger for the 
Digester object.  I have certainly named a logger, 
com.titan.bat.gui.testresults.TestResultsHandler in this properties 
file; is this not the same logger that is referenced as the static 
logger member of my TestResultsHandler class?

Thanks in advance for any insight you may be able to provide.


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