Help with Log4j

[Praveen Dharmavaram]

I have the following code to initialize log4j in the init() method of a servlet.
public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException{
String fileName = config.getInitParameter("LogService");
String configFile = getServletContext().getRealPath("WEB-INF/classes/"+fileName);
LogService logServ = new LogService(configFile);
}
How can I get an instance of the "logServ" in my .java class file.
Thanks
Praveen

[Mike Curwen]

The very cool thing about log4j, is that it configures itself if you name the config file: log4j.properties

Then all you need to do to use it is

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
public class someServlet extends HttpServlet {
   private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass().getName());
 
 
}

This may not help you in your particular case, but it's good to know if you want 'quick and simple' logging.

[David O'Meara]

the other cool thing about log4J is that if it isn't already configured, it will first check the classpath for the log4j.properties file.
Since the directory WEB-INF/classes is on the web application classpath, log4J should find it automatically. This means you can do away with your initialisation code and go straight to the code Mike gave you - you can ignore the 'logServ'

[Mike Curwen]

Actually David, that's the same cool thing.


Although... you did provide more details.

And one final detail...

the 'logger' object mentioned in my code above, is the one that you use to log messages...

logger.debug("This is a debug statement");
logger.warn("This is a warn statement");
// etc...

[ November 06, 2003: Message edited by: Mike Curwen ]

[Praveen Dharmavaram]

I am trying to acheive the same thing what you guys said. I initialize the log4j by passing in the properties file and everything is fine till then. In my properties file I do have two categories. I found that It wasnt functioning well. However it works fine, when i reinitialize it with the properties file in the .java classes. I am totally lost in what I should be doing. Please help me out.
Thanks

[Mike Curwen]

is your log4j.jar file in the WEB-INF/lib directory?

what do you mean by 'not working well'?

what does your log4j.properties file look like?

[Praveen Dharmavaram]

Well..I finally got it working.The problem was with my log4j.properties file. I had a typo in it and dint realise it until you asked for it. Thanks a lot guys. You have been of real help to me . I was going nuts about it.

[Mark Spritzler]

Guys, cool stuff about Log4J, however, this isn't really the best forum for this discussion. I am going to move this, but I just need to figure out which forum would be best.
Mark

[Mark Spritzler]

Originally posted by Praveen Dharmavaram:
Well..I finally got it working.The problem was with my log4j.properties file. I had a typo in it and dint realise it until you asked for it. Thanks a lot guys. You have been of real help to me . I was going nuts about it.

Isn't that always the case.
So I will just close this thread, instead of moving it.
Mark