Setting levels for loggers.

[None None <ja...@hotmail.com>]

If I understand this correctly...

Let's say I want my application to log it's activity (INFO) to  the console 
and all it's exceptions (FATAL) to an e-mail...

I would have to configure 2 loggers with different appenders right? 
Something like...

log4j.logger.TMI.TestLogs = INFO, L1A1
log4j.appender.L1A1 = org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.L1A1.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.L1A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r %-5p [%t] %37c %3x - %m%n

log4j.logger.TMI.TestLogs.Fatal = FATAL, L2A1
log4j.appender.L2A1 = org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender
log4j.appender.L2A1.SMTPHost = somehost
log4j.appender.L2A1.From = Application
log4j.appender.L2A1.To = none@your.business
log4j.appender.L2A1.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.L2A1.layout.ConversionPattern = %-4r %-5p [%t] %37c %3x - 
%m%n

I know this works fine, though I dont like the way the loggers are used in 
the application and it kinda goes against the purpose of Log4j? Why would 
you want to use different/multiple loggers for one application? Am I missing 
the whole point of Log4J?

static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(TestLogs.class.getName());
static Logger logF = Logger.getLogger("TMI.TestLogs.Fatal"); // <-- Don't 
like the fact of having to declare 2 loggers

PropertyConfigurator.configure("logs.properties");

NDC.push("1");


log.debug("Entering main.");

log.info("Application started.");


// Do something stupid like divide by zero.
try
{
NDC.push("2");

log.info("Calculating...");

int z;

z = 1 / 0;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
logF.fatal("Exception: " + ex.toString()); // <------- Don't like
}

NDC.pop();

log.info("Application stopped.");

log.debug("Exiting main.");

NDC.pop();

Thank

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