info.magnolia.logging
Class Log4jConfigurer

java.lang.Object
  info.magnolia.logging.Log4jConfigurer

public class Log4jConfigurer
extends Object

Log4j initializer. Loads the file specified using the log4j.config init parameter and optionally set a system property containing the magnolia web application root directory with the name specified by the magnolia.root.sysproperty init parameter.

If magnolia.root.sysproperty is empty no system variable will be set; if log4j.config is empty no log4j initialization will be performed.

You can easily specify relative paths for log4j configuration files using the magnolia root system property, for example using ${magnolia.root}logs/magnolia-debug.log

Note: if you drop multiple magnolia wars in a container which doesn't isolate system properties (e.g. tomcat) you could need to change the name of the magnolia.root.sysproperty variable in web.xml and in log4j configuration files.

Some ideas and snippets borrowed from the more complex Spring implementation http://www.springframework.org

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Fabrizio Giustina

Field Summary

static String

LOG4J_CONFIG Init parameter specifying the location of the Log4J config file.

Constructor Summary

Log4jConfigurer()

Method Summary

static void	initLogging() Initialize Log4J, including setting the web app root system property.
static void	shutdownLogging() Shuts down Log4J.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

LOG4J_CONFIG

public static final String LOG4J_CONFIG

Init parameter specifying the location of the Log4J config file.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Log4jConfigurer

public Log4jConfigurer()

Method Detail

initLogging

public static void initLogging()

Initialize Log4J, including setting the web app root system property.

shutdownLogging

public static void shutdownLogging()

Shuts down Log4J.