Can it be done?

[Flame <fl...@berkshire.rr.com>]

Hi again,

I'm still trying to figure out a few things in this system, but I could 
use a little guidance as to if it's possible to accomplish my goal at all.

I'd like to use XMLBeans in a Formatter, replacing the existing 
XMLFormatter in the java.util.logging package.  I have written an 
adaptation of the existing XML DTD as a schema document, but now I face 
a problem.  The logging framework has no guarantee of closure.  If the 
java runtime crashes or is killed unexpectedly, the framework may not be 
able to append a closing tag at the end.

There is a secondary application being developed which is expected to be 
able to parse and filter these log files.

I'd like to be able to use XMLBeans on both the write side and the read.

Now, I hope I've explained this well enough, I'm at a loss as to how to 
make this work, or even if it can work.  Attached is the current schema 
definition file, and the current form of XMLFormatter replacement which 
attempts to use it.    Unfortunately it outputs entries similar to:

<xml-fragment millis="1119901463411" 
date="2005-06-27T15:44:23.411-04:00" sequence="0" 
level="1000"><log:logger 
xmlns:log="logformat.util.physics.mcla.org"/><log:thread 
xmlns:log="logformat.util.physics.mcla.org">10</log:thread><log:class 
xmlns:log="logformat.util.physics.mcla.org">java.util.logging.LogManager$RootLogger</log:class><log:method 
xmlns:log="logformat.util.physics.mcla.org">log</log:method><log:message 
xmlns:log="logformat.util.physics.mcla.org">Testing severe 
warning</log:message></xml-fragment>

And this isn't quite what I hoped for obviously.

I'm open to any and all suggestions,

Thanks

  ~ Stephen