[Chainsaw] [PATCH] Current work so far

[Paul Smith <Pa...@lawlex.com.au>]

Please find attached a patch file for existing classes, plus some
attachments for additional classes for Chainsaw, and the example log4j.xml
file that can be used to start it using the Receiver model.

I've verified that after the "jar" target has been run, Chainsaw can start
on W2K using the following command(from the root of the jakarta-log4j
directory):

%JAVA_HOME%\bin\javaw.exe -cp
.;log4j-1.3alpha.jar;log4j-chainsaw-1.3alpha.jar;dist\classes
org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.Start

Notes:
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1) Note the new Start class that does the Log4J initialization, I've
replaced the Main.main() method with a call to the Start class for legacy
support

2) Currently looks for the log4j.xml file using a Classloader.getResource()
or asks the user via JFileChooser.  I still need to add a strategy to first
check for the system property, but that is a pretty minor addition.

3) The LoggingReceiver class is now no longer used (relies on the
SocketReceiver being configured to receive events into the local log4j
environment)

4) Still only supports a single Chainsaw panel, not sure where the
multi-panel support others are working at the moment, but should be easy to
integrate.

5) I've taken the liberty of applying the Apache 1.1 licence contained in
some of the other files to all the other files, and optimizing the imports.

cheers,

_________________________
Paul Smith 
Lawlex Compliance Solutions
phone: +61 3 9278 1511
email: paul.smith@lawlex.com.au