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Posted to log4j-user@logging.apache.org by Gerard Gagliano <gg...@me.com> on 2017/04/03 15:29:02 UTC

Can one class log to different files depending on context?

I have a structure as follows: Class A is started via main method Class A starts Class B using ProcessBuilder (via main method of course) Class B starts Class C using its Constructor
I want each class to have its own log and to use a single log4j2.xml file.

Appender has the following:

<RollingFile
    name="file"
    fileName="${sys:loggingFileName}.log"
    …
</RollingFile>

Each Class has code similar to this:

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger (A.class);

System.setProperty ("loggingFileName", “A”);
LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext (false);

If there were only these classes involved, everything would work, but there are many other classes that do logging.

For example, Class D is referenced by Classes A, B, and C and only has this code:

private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger (D.class);

I would like the output from Class D referenced from Class A to be in log A, but it may wind up in log A, B, or C.

Is there a way to construct the logs so that output for Class D winds up in: log A when referenced from A log B when referenced from B log C when referenced from C.




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Re: Can one class log to different files depending on context?

Posted by Gerard Gagliano <gg...@me.com>.
I didn’t know about the Routing appender.  I’ll check it out next week.

Thanks.

> On Apr 3, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Mikael Ståldal <mi...@magine.com> wrote:
> 
> Have you tried to use RoutingAppender (
> https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders.html#RoutingAppender <https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders.html#RoutingAppender>)
> together with thread context?
> 
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Gerard Gagliano <ggnm@me.com <ma...@me.com>> wrote:
> 
>> I have a structure as follows: Class A is started via main method Class A
>> starts Class B using ProcessBuilder (via main method of course) Class B
>> starts Class C using its Constructor
>> I want each class to have its own log and to use a single log4j2.xml file.
>> 
>> Appender has the following:
>> 
>> <RollingFile
>>    name="file"
>>    fileName="${sys:loggingFileName}.log"
>>    …
>> </RollingFile>
>> 
>> Each Class has code similar to this:
>> 
>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
>> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
>> import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
>> 
>> private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger (A.class);
>> 
>> System.setProperty ("loggingFileName", “A”);
>> LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext (false);
>> 
>> If there were only these classes involved, everything would work, but
>> there are many other classes that do logging.
>> 
>> For example, Class D is referenced by Classes A, B, and C and only has
>> this code:
>> 
>> private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger (D.class);
>> 
>> I would like the output from Class D referenced from Class A to be in log
>> A, but it may wind up in log A, B, or C.
>> 
>> Is there a way to construct the logs so that output for Class D winds up
>> in: log A when referenced from A log B when referenced from B log C when
>> referenced from C.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Gerard Gagliano
>> 505-792-3331 Office
>> 505-463-3999 Mobile
>> 
>> Prodentity
>> Corrales, NM 87048-6935
>> http://www.prodentity.com <http://www.prodentity.com/> <http://www.prodentity.com/ <http://www.prodentity.com/>>
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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Re: Can one class log to different files depending on context?

Posted by Mikael Ståldal <mi...@magine.com>.
Have you tried to use RoutingAppender (
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders.html#RoutingAppender)
together with thread context?

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Gerard Gagliano <gg...@me.com> wrote:

> I have a structure as follows: Class A is started via main method Class A
> starts Class B using ProcessBuilder (via main method of course) Class B
> starts Class C using its Constructor
> I want each class to have its own log and to use a single log4j2.xml file.
>
> Appender has the following:
>
> <RollingFile
>     name="file"
>     fileName="${sys:loggingFileName}.log"
>     …
> </RollingFile>
>
> Each Class has code similar to this:
>
> import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
> import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
> import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
>
> private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger (A.class);
>
> System.setProperty ("loggingFileName", “A”);
> LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext (false);
>
> If there were only these classes involved, everything would work, but
> there are many other classes that do logging.
>
> For example, Class D is referenced by Classes A, B, and C and only has
> this code:
>
> private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger (D.class);
>
> I would like the output from Class D referenced from Class A to be in log
> A, but it may wind up in log A, B, or C.
>
> Is there a way to construct the logs so that output for Class D winds up
> in: log A when referenced from A log B when referenced from B log C when
> referenced from C.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Gerard Gagliano
> 505-792-3331 Office
> 505-463-3999 Mobile
>
> Prodentity
> Corrales, NM 87048-6935
> http://www.prodentity.com <http://www.prodentity.com/>
>



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