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Posted to log4j-user@logging.apache.org by Ceki Gülcü <li...@qos.ch> on 2005/11/22 17:05:10 UTC
RE: override the log4j.xml and log4j.jar already present in
Jboss 4.0.2
Once you download log4j 1.3.x, you can find step by step instructions in
$LOG4J_HOME/examples/tiny-webapp/INSTALL.txt
where $LOG4J_HOME is the directory where you placed the log4j files.
I hope this helps,
At 04:59 PM 11/22/2005, Jacob Kjome wrote:
>Quoting "Harp, George" <GH...@GAINSystems.com>:
>
> > Modify Jboss' log4j.xml would seem to be the easiest solution.
> >
>
>Unfortunately, it's not that simple if one is trying to use the Log4j-1.3
>specific configuration rolling policies and such which don't exist in 1.2.
>However, now that Log4j-1.3 has been made, for the most part, compatible with
>1.2, you can use the old 1.2 config with 1.3. So, if Darshan is willing to do
>that and/or go back to using Log4j-1.2.x, then problem solved.
>
>Keep in mind there is one other issue here; separation of logger
>repositories.
>Or, even, separation of Log4j instances. The latter is problematic in JBoss
>with its unified classloader. The former can be done using a
>JNDIContextSelector repository selector. This exists in Log4j-1.3. So, each
>app can have the ability to have separate configurations from the server while
>using a single Log4j.jar provided at the server level. I would tend to go
>this
>route. Switch out JBoss' log4j version with Log4j-1.3. Sepecifiy the
>selector
>on the command line (sorry, can't remember the name of the -D parameter for
>this ATM) when starting Log4j. You'll probably have to manually configure
>Log4j for each separate logger repository, especially if the unified
>classloader won't allow for child-first classloading (although I believe there
>is supposed to be an option for this... but I've heard its a bit problematic).
>
>Jake
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