log4j - email

[Muse Ran]

kindly advise, whats wrong in log4j.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd" >
<log4j:configuration>
<appender name="file"
class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
<param name="maxFileSize" value="100KB" />
<param name="maxBackupIndex" value="5" />
<param name="File" value="test.log" />
<param name="threshold" value="info"/>
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern"
value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="mail" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender">
<param name="SMTPHost" value="smtp.***.net" />
<param name="From" value="***.***@gmail.com" />
<param name="To" value="***.****@gmail.com" />
<param name="Subject" value="[LOG] ..." />
<param name="BufferSize" value="1" />
<param name="threshold" value="error" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern"
value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<priority value="debug"></priority>
<appender-ref ref="file" />
<appender-ref ref="mail"/>
</root>
</log4j:configuration>
<root>
<priority value="debug"></priority>
<appender-ref ref="file" />
<appender-ref ref="mail"/>
</root>
</log4j:configuration>

-------i am getting below error------

log4j:ERROR Parsing error on line 33 and column 3
log4j:ERROR The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.
log4j:ERROR Could not parse input source [org.xml.sax.InputSource@76cbf7].
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:665)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:616)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:602)
at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.java:460)
at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:113)
at org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Logger.java:94)
at LogClass.<clinit>(LogClass.java:4)
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (LogClass).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.


please help

[tapeshwar sharma]

at a first glance :
</log4j:configuration> appears twice in the given xml.
Btw, these kind of things can be easily detected by the free tools available on the web.

[Martijn Verburg]

Hi Muse,

Just a quick tip, in future you can UseCodeTags to highlight sample code, it makes it easier for us to read

As the poster above stated, you've got one too many closing elements